Circle of the Spider

Druids of the Circle of the Spider are women who have earned the blessings of Lolth, both from devote worship and blood sacrifice in her name. They can be found in the darkest recesses of society, carefully hunting their prey and weaving deep webs of intrigue in the name of chaos.

In loyalty to the queen of spiders, druids of this circle only transform their body into that of spiderkind. They consider it to be offensive the way other druids shift from form to form, rather than give themselves body and soul to one primal predatory nature.

Arachnophilia

When you choose this circle at 2nd level your ability to Wild Shape and conjure animals is limited to arachnids, and other spiderkind. Your DM has final say on which forms these are.

Combat Wild Shape

When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you gain the ability to use Wild Shape on your turn as a bonus action, rather than as an action.

Additionally, while you are transformed by Wild Shape, you can use a bonus action to expend one spell slot to regain 1d8 hit points per level of the spell slot expended.

Circle Forms

The rites of your circle grant you the ability to transform into more dangerous arachnids. Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Wild Shape to transform into a spider with a challenge rating as high as 1 (you ignore the Max. CR column of the Beast Shapes table, but must abide by the other limitations).

Starting at 6th level, you can transform into any spider with a challenge rating as high as your druid level divided by 3, rounded down.

Favored by Lolth

As a priestess of the spider queen a druid in this circle is more in tune with the nature of spiders, and has taken the first steps of giving her body over to Lolth. Starting at 4th level, the druid is permanently under the effect of a Spider Climb spell (ignoring the concentration requirement).

In addition, a 4th level druid gains the ability to cast the Web spell as a second level spell, and always has it prepared. They are also able to use the Web Sense and Web Walker abilities outside of their Wild Shape form.

Primal Strike

Starting at 6th level, your attacks and the attacks of spiders you have summoned count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.

Devoted Servant Wild Shape

At 10th level, you can expend two uses of Wild Shape at the same time to transform into a drider.

Greater Summons

Starting at 14th level, any creature that you summon or transform into has 30 temprorary hit points.

True Spider Form

By the 17th level, you are now irreparably linked to your spider form. Your eyes regrow into three sets of spider eyes, granting Devil's Sight.

In addition, two long sets of spider legs grow from the druids back, providing +5 to Athletics and Acrobatics skill checks. These legs are strong enough to lift the druid and an additional 100 pounds, and are nimble enough to be tucked away under large robes.

Rite of the Spider Queen "Mother of the Dark, grant me the blood of my enemies for wine, and their hearts for my meal. Grant me their screams for song, their males for my satisfaction, and their wealth for my bed. By this unworthy sacrifice I honor you, Queen of Spiders, and beseech of you the power and strength to destroy my foes."

-- Quenthel Baenre, Menzoberranzan, 1372 DR