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<blockquote data-quote="orbitalfreak" data-source="post: 107092" data-attributes="member: 1669">Ahh, the roper.&nbsp; That was a good encounter.&nbsp; I had the roper reach out and Str-drain the dwarven fighter, and explain that it was very hungry.&nbsp; I was going to have it bargain for food from the PC's, and was going to take the dwarf's magical waraxe as &quot;collateral.&quot;The elven archer/wizard thought otherwise, and launched his only two magical arrows at the thing, provoking it into attacking.&nbsp; It grabbed the dwarf and the weak (9str) gnome cleric, and started dragging them across the water, almost drowning the cleric in the process.&nbsp; The cleric was unconscious by the time it reached the roper's mouth.Meanwhile, the druid and archer/wizard started casting spells at it to no avail (sr 28 i think).&nbsp; The ranger/rogue managed to cross the river to combat it face to face, by which time it had already killed the gnome (which survived TWO coup de'grace attempts due to nat 20's).The dwarf finally made it across, along with the ranger/rogue, the druid, and the druid's retinue of animal companions.&nbsp; Between these, coupled with the flanking bonuses the animals provided, and the hail of arrows from the opposite bank, they finally managed to kill it (at 4th level), losing the ranger/rogue as well to the creature's maw.Lesson to the foolhardy:&nbsp; There are things out there for which you cannot possibly be prepared.For DM's, these include foolhardy PC's.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="orbitalfreak, post: 107092, member: 1669"] Ahh, the roper. That was a good encounter. I had the roper reach out and Str-drain the dwarven fighter, and explain that it was very hungry. I was going to have it bargain for food from the PC's, and was going to take the dwarf's magical waraxe as "collateral." The elven archer/wizard thought otherwise, and launched his only two magical arrows at the thing, provoking it into attacking. It grabbed the dwarf and the weak (9str) gnome cleric, and started dragging them across the water, almost drowning the cleric in the process. The cleric was unconscious by the time it reached the roper's mouth. Meanwhile, the druid and archer/wizard started casting spells at it to no avail (sr 28 i think). The ranger/rogue managed to cross the river to combat it face to face, by which time it had already killed the gnome (which survived TWO coup de'grace attempts due to nat 20's). The dwarf finally made it across, along with the ranger/rogue, the druid, and the druid's retinue of animal companions. Between these, coupled with the flanking bonuses the animals provided, and the hail of arrows from the opposite bank, they finally managed to kill it (at 4th level), losing the ranger/rogue as well to the creature's maw. Lesson to the foolhardy: There are things out there for which you cannot possibly be prepared. For DM's, these include foolhardy PC's. [/QUOTE]

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