I have an evil plot idea that I was hoping to revolve around spider spirits, however I do not recall there ever being spider spirits other than the Spider mentor spirit. The "Secrets of Power" novels had the big baddie and her 'followers', but I am not finding anything for specs across all four editions. Just the regular bug spirits.

Unless I am overlooking something. Anyone have any guidance they can toss my way?

One of the spirits freed in the Find Your Own Thuth (Secret of Power #3) novel is in the 1st edition adventure Total Eclipse. The spirit is called Twilight.

Lars

Actually, no, Twilight was not specified as a spider spirit.

Spider spirits have never been statted out in any SR product, nor made any appearance outside the Secrets of Power trilogy.

Yes there are "regular shamans" who have a Spider Mentor. In addition there are Bug Spirits who happen to be Spiders, and they don't have specific stats in this or any other edition of the rules. As Ancient History says, you can just grab your choice of bug spirits from Street Magic and use their stats for Spider Spirits and no one will know the difference (unless you choose one of the flying ones, which would be weird).

-Frank

Patient and savage in her hunt, Wolf Spider patrols for prey with cold vigilance. She pounces quickly and lethally when the moment presents, aware that quickness is all that might preserve her frail life. Wolf Spider is wise but often misunderstood, and Wolf Spider magicians tend toward self-preservation and tend to work alone.
ADVANTAGES: +2 to combat spells; +2 to Perception checks
DISADVANTAGES: (Here's where you pick one...) Willpower + Charisma (3) to work with others to accomplish a task; to avoid running away in combat; to avoid a -2 penalty on Charisma based checks.

Regarding Lesyeux's spirit mentor, Voire, here's how I see things. Lesyeux developed adept powers during adolescence in France. Being young and independent, she took off to see the world instead of completing university. After some time in Germany and around Europe, she found herself sneaking through the North American continent. After a near miss in Aztlan and another in Tier Tangier, she opted to settle for awhile in Seattle, where she found her adept powers (and the economy here) were suited towards shadowrunning.

She worked for awhile with a few people, but after a few runs she had an encounter that would change her life. While sleeping one afternoon, she was visited by a humongous ethereal spider. The spider's name was Voire, and she spoke to her about her latent powers, about how she'd been watching Lesyeux for several months, and about preparing her for the Hunt. In the next few days and months, Voire taught Lesyeux how to cast magic and how to attune her natural affinities for wolf spider methods--stealth, speed, and savagery. All of this was in preparation for something called The Hunt--a desire Lesyeux could feel growing in her soul, but something she did not yet comprehend. After several more months of training (mostly during runs with her crew), Voire told Lesyeux about insect spirits, insect shamans, and about the location of a hive forming in a suburb outside the city. This would prove to be Lesyeux's only participation in The Hunt, as she was captured by Lonestar after destroying the hive and the story from there is known. Neither she nor Voire got to "feed" on the hive they destroyed.

Just rip the Mantis spirit stats and change the name.

nor made any appearance outside the Secrets of Power trilogy.

Can I bump this thread and ask why Spiders as insect spirits were never statted out?

The scarier spiders would be hunting spiders, that actually hunt their food rather than laying traps for them, because you'd open your front door and everything would seem normal, until a huge fucking spider was right on top of you and it was too late.

I'm quite sure that the matters of spirit supercede the pitful taxonomics of us human beings.

Spiders aren't Insects, but they seem to dwell in a place similar or near Insect spirits. ruleswise: Why not making them Insect Spirits or at least wild Spirits.

Can I bump this thread and ask why Spiders as insect spirits were never statted out? It seems like they would be unique, given their web-spinning and other unique predatory habits.

I was chatting with a drunk lady I walked home from a pub a few nights back and we started talking about human sized spiders. I mentioned that if they were huge like that, exterminators with big guns would be needed, especially if one day you got home, opened your door, and your house was full of thick webbing. Obviously, you'd take out your phone and call the exterminators. The scarier spiders would be hunting spiders, that actually hunt their food rather than laying traps for them, because you'd open your front door and everything would seem normal, until a huge fucking spider was right on top of you and it was too late.

So where's the paydata, chums?