Here There Be Spiders

[Spiffy Has]

In the Tunnel with the Ettercap hunters/Shamans variant- they were spawning in a strange groups.

It seemed like spawns would detect combat from a good distance away, and even if they were not visible, come charging in to aid a different spawn group.

This led to 4-6 Ettercap hunters at one time, as well as 2+ shamans- and leaving stretches of otherwise unoccupied spider territory. So you'd have a few large fights rather than a bunch of small ones.

As well, the spawn tables for a small group seemed odd, and Underdark giant Spiders were dropping at random intervals. I genuinely thought we were being spiced, then I noticed no DM was online.