Where we continue to build on our partnership with Axe Cop co-creator Ethan Nicolle in an effort to warn of the impending bearmageddon as well as bring nightmarish inspiration to your DCC table.

Bearantula
“An investigation following the path of the long-sought winged horse, Pegasus, ended with the grizzly discovery of its corpse, sapped of its innards and tangled in webs in an abandoned barn in Threeson, Arizona. The discovery shocked the paranormal science community until investigators realized that the webbing the horse was encased in was made up of tarantula and grizzly bear DNA. Soon after, the researchers on the scene were snatched up by giant hairy legs, wrapped in webbing and devoured by an enormous half-tarantula, half-bear.”
     – Ethan Nicolle, Bearmageddon News Network

A horrific hybridization of spider and bear, the bearantula is capable of bringing down even some of the toughest foes. With its combination of webbing and paralytic poison, this nightmarish hell-beast is more than a match for the unwary. Commonly found in abandoned buildings with large, open spaces (such as barns, underground salt mines, etc), the bearantula is another sign of the impending Bearmageddon.

Bearantula: +3; Atk bite +6 melee (2d5+poison) or slam +8 melee (dmg 1d8+5); AC 15; HD 6d8; MV 40’ or climb 20’; Act 4d20; SP rend for additional 1d8 damage if more than 2 slam attacks hit same target in one round, webbing; SV Fort +10, Ref +6, Will +2; AL C.

Poison: The bearantula is armed with a paralytic poison injected via its bite. Victims must make a DC 18 Fort save or be paralyzed for 1d3 turns.

Webbing: In place of two of its actions, the bearantula may create a sticky web with which to entrap its prey. A creature that touches the web becomes stuck, only escaping with a DC 25 Strength or Agility check. The web can be burned off or cut with a very sharp blade by a creature not already caught (AC 16, 5 hp to free one creature).

The bearantula is the creation of Axe Cop co-creator Ethan Nicolle (@axecop) and is used with his kind permission. A slew of other ursine horrors can be found in the pages of Bearmageddon as well as within Dickinson Killdeer’s Guide to Bears of the Apocalypse. You may follow the nightmarish story of the bearantula at Bearmageddon News Network.