Just as a fun idea, I kind of want to make stats for the Knobby White Spider from Dagobah to throw at my players one of these days. Has anyone tried statting one of these things out?
Edited by Underachiever599Knobby White Spider stats?
No knobby white spiders, I'm afraid, but Nexus of Power has four pages detailing the fauna of Dagobah.
Odd, those same spiders appear in Star Wars Rebels on the planet Atollon.
Edited by TalosX2 hours ago, TalosX said:Odd, those same spiders appear in Star Wars Rebels on the planet Atollon.
I knew I recognized that thing. The Krykna Spider (from Rebels) might be the "new canon" version of this creature, which is based on Ralph McQuarrie's concept art for ESB (image in OP).
Edited by Edgehawk8 hours ago, TalosX said:Odd, those same spiders appear in Star Wars Rebels on the planet Atollon.
Yep! That's actually what inspired the idea. Only I really like the Legends version (which was basically a mobile sprout of a Gnarltree), so that's what I want to throw at my players
Edited by Underachiever599On 3/31/2017 at 1:02 AM, TalosX said:Odd, those same spiders appear in Star Wars Rebels on the planet Atollon.
On 3/31/2017 at 3:40 AM, Edgehawk said:I knew I recognized that thing. The Krykna Spider (from Rebels) might be the "new canon" version of this creature, which is based on Ralph McQuarrie's concept art for ESB (image in OP).
On 3/31/2017 at 9:34 AM, Underachiever599 said:Yep! That's actually what inspired the idea. Only I really like the Legends version (which was basically a mobile sprout of a Gnarltree), so that's what I want to throw at my players
There is a slight, but very important difference between the Krykna's a knobby white spiders. Kryknas only have six legs, Knobby white spiders have eight .
Edited by Tramp GraphicsOn 4/1/2017 at 2:22 PM, Tramp Graphics said:There is a slight, but very important difference between the Krykna's a knobby white spiders. Kryknas only have six legs, Knobby white spiders have eight.
To be fair, this oversight likely has more to do with the Rebels graphics designers just not realizing the leg count (or not caring since the previous info was non-canon). Considering the spiders are identical in every way other then leg count, it's safe to assume they're the same spiders.
On 4/3/2017 at 8:07 PM, TalosX said:
To be fair, this oversight likely has more to do with the Rebels graphics designers just not realizing the leg count (or not caring since the previous info was non-canon). Considering the spiders are identical in every way other then leg count, it's safe to assume they're the same spiders.
I disagree, particularly given the knobby white spiders life cycle (being essentially seeds of the Gnarl Tree)
Edited by Tramp Graphics7 hours ago, Tramp Graphics said:I disagree, particularly given the knobby white spiders life cycle (being essentially seeds of the Gnarl Tree)
Except the Knobby White Spiders don't actually exist as written in Legends material. The closest canon creature to them is the spiders shown on Atollon.
1 hour ago, TalosX said:Except the Knobby White Spiders don't actually exist as written in Legends material. The closest canon creature to them is the spiders shown on Atollon.
Force and Destiny is based around Legends, not just canon. So the Legends lifecycle of the Knobby White Spider still applies here
16 hours ago, Underachiever599 said:Force and Destiny is based around Legends, not just canon. So the Legends lifecycle of the Knobby White Spider still applies here
Yep. Further, the Knobby White Spiders are a part of the original artwork produced by Ralf McQuarrie for ESB set on Dagobah , along with the Gnarl Trees in the images, and named as such by McQuarrie.