Made myself a sa-khui. I don't know what to name him but I want him to be a mean one. Some broody warrior type
(who turns sweet to his lady after some real enemies to lovers situation)
Driders are predators - as soon as the newly transformed drider recovers to some degree from the trauma of change, he begins to crave warm-blooded prey.
Kar'niss probably has no need to hunt for his own prey, being the Absolute's follower. The shadow-cursed lands may be completely desolated - but there is surely more than enough warm blood (...or expendable warm-blooded prisoners) in the Moonrise dungeons to keep him well-fed and strong for a long period of time. Who knows, maybe he even perceives it as yet another blessing of "his Majesty"?
Because in the Underdark, a satisfying prey is not so easy to come by...
🕷️ Thirst For Blood - drider needs to consume blood of a warm-blooded creature at least once every four days because after this time, lack of sustenance begins to affect him: hungry drider grows physically weaker with every passing day and can ultimately die.
It is not really known if driders, besides feeding on blood, consume also bodies of their prey. It is also not known if they can eat and digest regular food - provided they have access to it.
🕷️ Hunting - driders often use traps and ambush their targets. They like to hunt near places that attract warm-blooded creatures seeking food and water (fungal forests, subterranean lakes), near abandoned ruins, or occasionally even around underground settlements or routes.
Sometimes, instead of hunting, driders lure prey into their lairs, attracting attention of an unfortunate passerby with dancing lights spell or other simple trick. Some more powerful driders do not even need to hunt often, enjoying more or less secure access to food (see the quote).
🕷️ Table Manners - driders normally try not to damage their future meal too much. Ruining the prey's body (and its tasty blood) with burning or corrosive spells, for example - or making the wounded prey bleed profusely all over the ground - would be a terrible waste, after all.
Driders also do not like to eat in a hurry. They prefer to weaken and / or immobilize their prey first, and then drain blood at leisure. Some descriptions suggest that driders who are able to spin webs sometimes cocoon corpses of their victims and then hang them in their lairs to consume them later.
Drider's teeth after trasformation become sharp to help deliver venomous bites and drain blood from their prey.
Summary:
🔹 make sure your drider gets a good quality, warm-blooded prey (or an adequate amount of warm blood) at least once every four days,
🔹 before offering your drider a regular food, remember to make sure first that he can safely eat it,
🔹 allow your drider to enjoy his meal at his own pace, preferably in a comfortable, secluded and quiet place,
🔹 if your drider wants to provide for himself, you can help him find a suitable lair surrounded with good hunting grounds and...
🔹 ...important! - discuss boundaries as early as possible, because no one wants their companions or camp followers accidentally ending up as a drider's meal,
🔹 all right, Dark Urge, maybe you want - but remember that you still need at least some of them...
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