Editing Cave Fisher

[[File:Cave fisher 5e.jpg|thumb|right|300px|You need a drink for this one.]]
The '''Cave Fisher''' is one of the many [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] [[monster]]s as are (now) associated with the [[Underdark]], though it started in the suitably cave-like [[dungeon]] in [[Scourge of the Slavelords|module A4]]. It was one of the better monsters in the series, not that this is saying much; so, [[Gygax]] promoted it to the second [[Monster Manual]]. It's a sight better than the [[Lurker Above]] or the [[Piercer]] again, not that this is saying much, and (for an important instance) ''[[Night Below]]'' shunned it.

These giant arachnid horrors earn their moniker from their hunting style, which consists of settling on a ledge high up near the cave roof and dropping down a sticky "noose" of silk, which they use to grab creatures from the cavern floor and haul them up to the waiting predator's maw and lobster-like pincers. You can dissolve the silk with "liquids of a high alcohol content" implicitly distilled. *hic*

Whilst not sapient, these predators are intelligent enough to figure out that leaving the valuables of their humanoid meals in a loot pile beneath their ledge can lure more victims within range.

The 'fisher never did make [[Basic Dungeons & Dragons]] although it did show up in the 2e Monstrous Manual. It further escaped the third-edition, so [[Tome of Horrors]] as so-often picked up the slack. Then [[Dragon Magazine]] #355 brought it to [[Creature Catalog]] VI.

4th edition tweaked the formula by stating that the classic cave fisher lore actually depicts the female of the species, and the male instead hunts by launching organic harpoons at its prey.

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Cave Fisher 1e.jpg|1e
Cave fisher A4 1.png
Cave fisher A4 2.png
Cave fisher 1.jpg|2e
Cave fisher MM 2e.png
Cave Fisher Dragon 355.jpg|3e (Dragon #355)
Cave Fisher 4e.jpg|4e
Cave fisher B1.png|Pathfinder
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