After review and feedback, we've made the following changes to the broodlings:

1) Their perception has been reduced.
2) The lethality of their poison has been reduced.
3) It is now easier for Empaths to transfer/heal the spider poison.
4) Spell values were reduced.

The core flexing mechanic hasn't been touched yet, and may not be touched this go-around, but this should provide some noticeable changes for this event.

-Armifer
"Perinthia's astronomers are faced with a difficult choice. Either they must admit that all their calculations were wrong ... or else they must reveal that the order of the gods is reflected exactly in the city of monsters." - Italo Calvino