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# {{fantasy}} A [[spider]]/[[human]] mix, in mch the same way that a [[centaur]] is a horse/human mix
*'''1980''' - [[w:David C. Sutherland III|David C. Sutherland III]] & [[w:Gary Gygax|Gary Gygax]], ''Queen of the Demonweb Pits'', page 28 {{ISBN|0-935696-20-2}} *:A '''drider''' appears to be a cross between a giant spider and a Drow. *'''2004''' - Roby Ward, '''Heroes of Watussin''', p 202 [http://books.google.com/books?id=zVmLUyNL9BQC&pg=PA202&dq=drider&sig=NBiHKoEsEEMU1_EkVU-OFU04WlI], *:''The man did not start wishing that the half-spider would start attacking his friend, but only hoping that no spell would be cast. He thus pressed the drider to assure that the creature would be making a mistake if it paused to concentrate on working arcane power.'' *'''2007''' - "Various players", '''Cerea - Adventures in an Online World''', p 157 [http://books.google.com/books?id=1BC2nUVKzLQC&pg=PA157&dq=drider&sig=ReIi8r-ovaQ2QyTezgA_0zftVu4#PPA157,M1] *:''We killed off the last few drow and the last remaining drider and headed back to Gohem to report. I'll be glad to never again see a drider in my life!''
Either the first or the substituted definition (seems to be from Dungeons and Dragons). SemperBlotto 08:20, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
- Sigh... it is. In D&D it's a drow (dark elf) / spider mix, and the name is a portmanteau of that. --EncycloPetey 14:35, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
They show up in lots of those dungeons and dragons related books, particularly Forgotten Realms, and most particularly the "Drizzt" series by R.A. Salvatore, which includes a NY times bestseller (Siege of Darkness) and a NY times honorable mention (Starless Night). These books don't show up in b.g.c. searches (the books are there but the contents are not). As for the particular details (original definition or newly substituted one), I don't remember since I haven't read those books since junior high.
- 2004 - Roby Ward, Heroes of Watussin, p 202 [1],
- The man did not start wishing that the half-spider would start attacking his friend, but only hoping that no spell would be cast. He thus pressed the drider to assure that the creature would be making a mistake if it paused to concentrate on working arcane power.
- (Wow, that's some marvelously painful writing, there!)
- The man did not start wishing that the half-spider would start attacking his friend, but only hoping that no spell would be cast. He thus pressed the drider to assure that the creature would be making a mistake if it paused to concentrate on working arcane power.
- 2007 - "Various players", Cerea - Adventures in an Online World, p 157 [2]
- We killed off the last few drow and the last remaining drider and headed back to Gohem to report. I'll be glad to never again see a drider in my life!
- (Unfortunately the surrounding pages are unavailable on b.g.c. so we might never know whether the author gives any more detailed hints about what the drider *are*)
- We killed off the last few drow and the last remaining drider and headed back to Gohem to report. I'll be glad to never again see a drider in my life!
These, together with the R.A. Salvatore stuff which is unsearchable on b.g.c., should be enough. Language Lover 21:05, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
- Here we go, one of the Salvatore books is searchable at Amazon: [3]
- No dates for these? Well, hmmm... looks like I still have the old D&D module if which this first appeared (one of a small number I didn't give away when I grew up):
- 1980 - David C. Sutherland III & Gary Gygax, Queen of the Demonweb Pits, page 28 →ISBN
- A drider appears to be a cross between a giant spider and a Drow.
- 1980 - David C. Sutherland III & Gary Gygax, Queen of the Demonweb Pits, page 28 →ISBN
- And if you really want painful writing, go track down a copy of The Eye of Argon; it's legendary for the...er..."quality" of its writing. --EncycloPetey 00:55, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
- No dates for these? Well, hmmm... looks like I still have the old D&D module if which this first appeared (one of a small number I didn't give away when I grew up):
- I propose that we relegate this creature and its Dungeons & Dragons kin to some manner of appendix or concordance (and have prepped a vote on this at Wiktionary:Beer parlour#Proposed vote on fiction concordances.). bd2412 T 02:48, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Now that WT:CFI#Fictional universes has passed, the current Dungeons & Dragons citations would seem insufficient. Can it be attested in accordance with the current policy? Dmcdevit·t 03:56, 12 March 2008 (UTC)