Widdah The Black

Born as the runt of her clutch in the obsidian caverns beneath the Shattered Peaks, Widdah was rejected by her sisters for her inability to sense the natural harmonies of growth and decay that flowed through their bloodline. While her kin wove their magic from the threads of life itself—commanding vines to grow and seasons to turn—Widdah found herself drawn to the darker energies that pooled in the deepest wounds of the world. Her transformation into drider form came not as a blessing but as a curse born from her own desperate hunger to prove her worth, her body contorting into something neither fully arachnid nor entirely feminine, a living embodiment of the anguish she had endured. In the suffocating darkness of her isolation, she discovered that pain itself was a loom, and she could spin its threads into devastating webs of shadow and suffering that bent even reality to her will. Her sisters came to fear her power, for while they created life, Widdah unmade it with terrifying elegance, each strand of her dark magic infused with the weight of every rejection and wound she had ever endured. Now she dwells in the spaces between worlds, neither fully accepted by her kind nor belonging anywhere else, using her unique gift to reshape the world according to her own merciless design.

Strength

14, modifier +2

Dexterity

18, modifier +4

Constitution

20, modifier +5

Intelligence

16, modifier +3

Wisdom

12, modifier +1

Charisma

14, modifier +2

Web of Shadows

Widdah creates a web of darkness in a 20 ft. radius. Creatures must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw or be restrained. Restrained creatures take 3d8 necrotic damage at the start of their turns.

Shadow Strike

Widdah makes a melee attack with her fangs. On a hit, it deals 2d10 piercing damage plus 3d6 necrotic damage. If the target is restrained, they have disadvantage on the saving throw against the necrotic damage.

Loom of Despair

Widdah channels her pain into a 30 ft. cone. Creatures in the area must make a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or take 4d10 psychic damage and be frightened until the end of their next turn.

Cursed Threads

Widdah targets one creature she can see within 60 ft. They must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be cursed for 1 minute. While cursed, they take 1d8 necrotic damage at the start of each of their turns.

Dark Rebirth

As a bonus action, Widdah can expend a spell slot to regain hit points equal to 2d8 + her spellcasting ability modifier. This ability can be used once per short or long rest.

Shadow Weaver

Widdah can manipulate shadows, granting her advantage on stealth checks in dim light or darkness.

Pain's Embrace

Whenever Widdah takes damage, she gains temporary hit points equal to half the damage taken.

strength

+5

dexterity

+8

intelligence

+7

constitution

+9

charisma

+6

Poison

Psychic