# Giant Tarantula

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/giant-tarantula/7091>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [August 14, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/giant-tarantula/7091 "2014-08-14T16:53:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/giant-tarantula/7091/1 "2014-08-14T16:53:18Z")

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Basically same scale up as the other spiders, except no poison, significantly beefier, and they occasionally shoot spines at you.

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**Author:** ![BeigeSand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@BeigeSand](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BeigeSand)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/giant-tarantula/7091/2 "2014-08-14T17:00:37Z")

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Wikipedia claims all tarantulas are venomous, and though the poison generally doesn’t kill you, I imagine tarantula venom \* 20 is probably likely to incapacitate you.

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**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/giant-tarantula/7091/3 "2014-08-14T19:20:26Z")

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in that case the black widow poison should be lethal especially at dramatic size increase…

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/giant-tarantula/7091/4 "2014-08-15T03:40:08Z")

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Tarantula poison is bee-sting ish, probably give them the same level of pain-causing debilitating poison, possibly worse for volume.  
The spine thing is more an irritant than anything else, they don’t come at you like darts or anything.