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{{Spell
|name=Spider Form
|level=3
|school1={{Poison Magic}}
|school2={{Transmutations}}
|school3=
|sources=<div>
[[Book of Changes]]<br>
[[Book of Dreams]]
</div>
|castingnoise=2
|spellnoise=0
|power cap=100
|flags=Chaotic, Helpful, Utility
}}
{{flavour|Transforms the caster into a venomous, spider-like creature. The caster becomes highly evasive and gains a poisonous bite, but gains vulnerability to poison.

While transformed, any equipped weapons and armour are melded, and casting spells becomes slightly more difficult.}}

'''Spider Form''' is a level 3 [[Poison Magic|Poison]]/[[Transmutations|Transmutation]] spell that transforms the user into a spider-like creature.

[[Transmuter]]s start with this spell in their library.

==Useful Info==
Casting this spell gives you Spider Form for a spellpower-dependent duration. You'll gain the following:

'''Combat'''
*'''Innate AC:''' 2
*'''[[Unarmed Combat]]:''' 5 base damage, with an added [[venom]] brand.
*'''Stat Bonus:''' +5 [[dexterity]]

'''Resistances'''
*[[Poison resistance|Poison vulnerability (rPois-)]]
*Immune to [[web]]s.

'''Restrictions'''
*'''[[Transformation#Useful Info|Melded Gear]]:''' All [[armour]], [[weapon]] and [[shield]].
*Cannot [[throw]] items.
*Makes [[spell]]s harder to cast (increases [[Spell Success#Modifiers|raw spell failure]] rate by +10%).

'''Other'''
*'''[[Size#Tiny|Tiny]]'''-sized, increasing your [[EV]].
*Suppresses many [[mutation]]s. Species [[movement delay]] set to 1.0.

Like all form changing spells, [[mummies]], [[ghoul]]s, and bloodless [[vampire]]s cannot use this spell.

The duration of the transformation is <code>8 + 2d<power></code> turns, capped at 60.<ref>{{source ref|0.30.1|form-data.h|78}}</ref>

==Strategy==
Spider Form gives access to [[venom]]-branded attacks. A [[dagger]] of venom is a strong weapon up into [[Lair]], and spider fangs are even better. Once enemies are extremely poisoned (3 poison drops in Tiles), you can back off, letting the toxins do their work. It also gives a bonus to [[EV]].

However, Spider Form has several downsides:
*The evasion bonus is helpful, but be aware that when monsters ''do'' manage to land a hit, you'll have very low [[AC]] to reduce it.
*While [[Octopodes]] and [[Felid]]s don't have much AC to begin with, both species still lose ''something'' with spider form. Octopodes lose their constriction. Felids lose their fast movement speed.
*rPois- is a liability against adders and the like, unless you happen to have poison immunity.
*You can't throw things like [[dart]]s in Spider Form.
By the time you enter [[Lair]] - a branch with many poisonous enemies, and many enemies with rPois - Spider Form starts to get weak. Even if you ignored all the poison, the lack of any AC or [[SH]] becomes very noticeable. Transmuters will want to upgrade to [[Ice Form]], or stick to base unarmed combat.

With that being said, it can be great in the early Dungeon. Transmuters can afford 1-2 levels of Poison Magic in order to get the spell running. Even at 30% + failure, this spell is reasonable to use - all you need is 1 successful cast in order to transform.

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==History==
*Spider Form was removed in [[0.31]].
*Prior to [[0.28]], Spider Form had a power cap of 200.
*Prior to [[0.22]], Spider Form prevented usage of [[wand]]s.
*Prior to [[0.20]], followers of [[the Shining One]] incurred penance if they poisoned sentient, non-evil monsters.
*Prior to [[0.19]], Spider Form gave a large stealth bonus.
*Prior to [[0.15]], Spider Form provided above-average speed and the ability to [[cling]] to walls.

==References==
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{{Forms}}

[[Category:Status effects]]
[[Category:Poison_Spells]]
[[Category:Transmutation_Spells]]

Spider Form (spell) - Revision history

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