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Arachnid

A vertical ambusher that controls walls and webs.

Overview

A vertical ambusher that controls walls and webs. This is a primary choice or class available in your pack’s selection screen and is best understood as a complete lifestyle rather than a single buff.

Strength

Climbing and web-related control excel in mines, ruins and station roofs.

Trade-off

Fragility and carnivorous diet demand preparation during long journeys.

Natural role

Ideal for cavern excavation and guarding tight industrial spaces.

How it plays

Climbing and web-related control excel in mines, ruins and station roofs. Fragility and carnivorous diet demand preparation during long journeys.

Ideal for cavern excavation and guarding tight industrial spaces. In a world built around ordinary travel, railways and player-run shops, an Origin becomes most satisfying when its abilities open a profession or destination rather than bypassing the rest of the server.

Starting priorities and builds

First days

  • Carry reliable food and light while scouting structures; unusual movement is strongest when you remain prepared for combat.
  • Secure a food source matching your diet early rather than treating supplies as an afterthought.

Good infrastructure

  • Vertical workshops, maintenance shafts and secure storage rooms suit a climbing or infiltration-style character.
Plan around drawbacks
  • This Origin has meaningful environmental or defensive risk. Build safe routes and carry backup equipment before committing to long trips.

Enabled power reference

Every power listed below links to its own reference entry, including the choices that share it and practical consequences for play.

PowerPractical meaningIdentifier
ClimbingMovementYou can climb along solid walls without ladders.origins:climbing
Master of WebsMovementCobwebs become useful terrain: you move through and climb them effectively and can exploit trapped prey.origins:master_of_webs
CarnivoreDrawbackYour diet is limited to meat-based foods.origins:carnivore
FragileDrawbackYour maximum health is reduced by three hearts.origins:fragile
ArthropodSpecial abilityArthropod is a configured special ability power that shapes how this Origin is played in this pack.origins:arthropod

Shared-world and economy role

  • Food constraints create demand for farms, kitchens and market shops supplied through regular transport.
  • Turn resource advantages into a foundry or engineering supplier rather than keeping all production private.

Create factories and physical markets give specialised characters recurring work: supplying resources, surveying new routes, maintaining stations, operating shops or providing expedition support.

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