Enhance your dungeon’s atmosphere with this unsettling cluster of spider eggs, featuring leathery textures and thick, fibrous webbing. One egg has already begun to crack open, making it the perfect objective marker or hazard for an arachnid-themed encounter.
A clutch of monstrous eggs is on the verge of hatching, with several shells already beginning to crack open.
Used as a lair hazard, mission objective, or atmospheric terrain in a dungeon crawl.
Artist: Noah Strom
Type: MONSTER, TERRAIN, PROP
Pose: Static cluster of five textured eggs anchored by organic vertical supports.
Action: Standing/Idle
Mood: menacing
Action Category: Standing/Idle
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror
Suitable Locations: giant spider lair, abandoned drow outpost, dark cavern depths, alien hive ship, overgrown jungle temple, underground tomb, dimly lit cellar, shadowfell wasteland, infested forest
Encounter Scenarios: environmental hazard where players must avoid disturbing the eggs, objective to destroy the clutch before they hatch, background dressing for a boss fight against a giant spider, clue for a tracking quest involving a missing person
Power Level: not_applicable (score 0/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (5e / general) (perfect): Classic spider egg clutch for many adventure modules.; Pathfinder (1e / 2e) (perfect): ; Warhammer 40K (good): Works well as Tyranid or alien terrain/objectives.; Frostgrave (good): Excellent as a treasure marker or random encounter piece.; Call of Cthulhu (usable): Suitable for modern horror or investigation of a monster lair.
Size: Medium, Style: Realistic
Creature: Spider Eggs (Monstrosity), Size: Medium
Body: A vertical cluster of five ovoid eggs. Each egg has a dimpled texture. The cluster is held together by thick, vertical, dripping organic strands.
Also known as: Arachnid Clutch, Alien Eggs, Insectoid Ootheca
Related creatures: Giant Spider, Spider Swarm, Ettercap
Distinctive Features: Jagged cracks in multiple eggs, Dimpled texture, Vertical mucous/webbing supports
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: Hatching Swarm, description: Potential for spider swarms to emerge from cracked shells., position: Internal to the eggs, type_ja: 孵化するスウォーム, description_ja: 割れた殻からスパイダー・スウォームが出現する可能性。, position_ja: 卵の内部
Defensive Features: leathery shells, sticky webbing supports
Aesthetic: Creepy / Unsettling, Horrifying / Grotesque, Grimdark, Intimidating / Imposing
Cultural Aesthetic: Generic Western Fantasy
Hairstyle: None
Similar to characters: Xenomorph Alien Egg, Starcraft Zerg Hatchery, Shelob's Lair Nesting, Diablo Broodmother Pods, Giger-inspired organic terrain
Miniature Dimensions: 29.3mm H x 21.7mm W x 21.9mm D (base: 25.0mm)
Keywords: spider nest mini, alien egg cluster, hatching spider eggs, dnd monster lair terrain, webbed cocoons, creepy dungeon dressing, horror encounter props, underdark terrain, giant spider pods, arachnid nesting site, infested terrain, gigeresque scenery, scifi alien pods, warhammer tyranid terrain, hollow egg miniature, monster eggs, tabletop scatter terrain, cavern hazards, arachnophobia miniatures, brood pods
