Wall Walker

''A bizarre scaled arachnid hangs from the ceiling above you, regarding you with sinister intent. With a single, smooth motion it stabs its abdomen downwards, and you catch a blurred glimpse of a glistening stinger stabbing towards your body.''

Combat
Wall walkers are wily combatants and use their psionic power of shadow body to sneak up on potential prey. They also prefer to attack from above as this allows them to open hostilities with their stinger.

Wall walkers often work in pairs, hunting and feeding together. A hunting pair of wall walkers cooperates when attacking prey, one often distracting targets while the other closes to strike.

A wall walker will only close for direct melee if its stinger fails to take effect. They do not relish toe-to-toe combat and will flee if sorely injured. It is likely only this timidity has prevented them from wholly over-running the less intelligent Kalin, for the wall walkers will go out of their way to tackle these natural enemies when they meet them.

Description
Wall walkers are an intelligent strain of psionic arachnids that roam the Athasian underdark, preying on those that they encounter with stealth and cunning. Instead of chitin, they have armored scales, eight clawed limbs, vicious fangs and a sharp stinger at the tip of their abdomen.

Wall walkers communicate by rubbing their limbs together, creating an eerie chorus of hums and whines that echoes throughout the subterranean tunnels around the creatures‘ hives. They are often hunted for their hide, which can be made into armor and weaponry and is a favored commodity amongst the dray of Kragmorta.

Wall walkers are usually on the move as part of a life of continual hunting, but for reasons as yet unknown they occasionally gather together in hives. Possibly related to their breeding cycle, the hives are fiercely defended and can grow to become a genuine menace to other races over time. Kalin are frequent foes of the wall walkers, as both species occupy the same niche in the underdark.

An adult wall walker is five feet across and weighs 120 pounds.