Ettercap

Ettercap
Record
Type	Monster
Gender	Neither
Race	Ettercap
Class	Ettercap
Alignment	LG NG CG LN TN CN LE NE CE
Involvement
Allegiance	Enemy
Ability scores
Level	5
Hit points	40
XP value	650
Str	14
Str	14
Dex	9
Dex	9
Con	9
Con	9
Int	9
Int	9
Wis	9
Wis	9
Cha	9
Cha	9
Total scores	59
Morale	10
Break	5
Recovery	30
Combat basics
Full damage	1d3 (slashing) 1d8 (piercing) Poison effect: 2 damage / s Negate: Save vs Death Lasts 37 seconds
Base THAC0	11
Base APR	3
Saving throws
Dth	4
Wand	5
Poly	5
Brth	6
Spell	5
Special
Effects	Immune to effect: Paralyze Baldur's Gate I & II Classic This icon indicates content from all original Baldur's Gate games, extensions included. Webbed Baldur's Gate II Classic & Enhanced This icon indicates content from all games of the 2nd Baldur's Gate instalment – all editions and expansions. This may include The Black Pits II.
AI scripts
Race	ETTERCAP
Inventory
Gold	0
Items	Well-Off Random Treasure
Exclusive equipment	Amulet Weapon Weapon
Reputation impact if
Killed	None
Technical information
Creature codes	ETTERC Baldur's Gate I Classic & Enhanced This icon indicates content from all games of the 1st Baldur's Gate instalment – all editions and expansions. This may include The Black Pits. ETTERC1 Baldur's Gate I Classic & Enhanced This icon indicates content from all games of the 1st Baldur's Gate instalment – all editions and expansions. This may include The Black Pits. ETTER01 Baldur's Gate II Classic & Enhanced This icon indicates content from all games of the 2nd Baldur's Gate instalment – all editions and expansions. This may include The Black Pits II. ETTERCSU (summoned)

Ettercaps are hideous creatures that resemble a cross between a gangly ape and a bloated spider.

Gameplay

Ettercaps attack three times per round. Their primary attack (weapon 1) only does 1d3 (slashing) damage, but another attack (weapon 2) does 1d8 (piercing) and forces a save vs. poison to avoid 2 hit points per second from poison for 37 seconds unless cured. Ettercaps are immune to webs.

Ettercaps have strong saving throws. However as they are below level 6 they are vulnerable to the cleric spell Command.

Summoned

In Shadows of Amn Ettercaps can be summoned by the spell Monster Summoning III. Summoned versions are virtually identical, having only slightly more hit points (42 instead of 40), but a worse THAC0 (15, not 11). They also do not carry random treasure.

Related Quests

• Fahrington's Scroll - Fahrington asks Gorion's Ward and party to retrieve his "scroll of wisdom" (actually a Cursed Scroll of Foolishness). It can be found in the possession of an ettercap.

Locations

Baldur's Gate and Tales of the Sword Coast

• Cloakwood
• Ramazith's Tower
• Lonely Peaks aka Area North of Carnival
• Wilderness and Dungeons

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

• The Old Tunnels

Trivia

• The offical website for the original game, now archived, had – in addition to some combat-related statistics – the following information about ettercaps:

  Ettercaps are ugly bipedal creatures that get along very well with all types of giant spiders. These creatures of low intelligence are exceedingly cruel, very cunning, and are skilled in setting traps - very deadly traps - much like the spiders that often live around them.
  
  Ettercaps stand around six feet tall, even with their stooping gait and hunched shoulders. The creatures have short, spindly legs, long arms that reach nearly to their ankles, and large pot-bellies. The hands of ettercaps have a thumb and three long fingers that end in razor sharp claws. Tufts of thick, wiry, black hair cover their bodies, and their skin is dark and thick. Ettercaps' heads are almost equine in shape, but they have large reptilian eyes, usually blood-red in color, and large fangs, one protruding downward from each side of the mouth. The mouth itself is large and lined with very sharp teeth.

Visuals

GIFs

Promotional animation

Gallery

Promotional screenshot

External links

• Ettercap on the Forgotten Realms Wiki, a wiki for the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Forgotten Realms.