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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Zoom" data-source="post: 107606" data-attributes="member: 409">My group just encountered the roper during tonight's session.&nbsp; They did not surprise it so it fired a strand and stuck the ranger, saying, &quot;Fresh food, finally.&quot;But my group did not even think about a parley.&nbsp; They attacked immediately.&nbsp; The roper managed to drain the strength of 4 out of 6, one of which it drained to 0.&nbsp; The monk jumped the river but got hit with a strand and was weakened.&nbsp; The barbarian tried to jump over but landed short and was carried away by the river.&nbsp; He had to dump all his equipment just to make his swim check, including his +1 greataxe.&nbsp; Easy come, easy go.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> The spellcasters were ineffective, so they began using bull's strength to help with the roper's weaken attacks.&nbsp; The ranger was able to get back up with a 4 strength and he fired a couple poisoned arrows (drow poison) that incapacitated the roper.&nbsp; The monk killed it with a coup de grace from his light crossbow right thru the eye.&nbsp; It was a fun battle.The roper's 6 strand attacks and the river obstacle make this a dangerous encounter, indeed.&nbsp; But it is fun and there are many ways to take out the roper.&nbsp; As the DM, I thought my group would have used all the alchemists fire they found earlier in the orc lair, but they did not.&nbsp; I am looking forward to the encounter with Nightscale.&nbsp; That should prove interesting.&nbsp; BTW, I have 6 player characters and one NPC (Erky).&nbsp; Four were 5th level and three were 4th level when they encountered the roper.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr. Zoom, post: 107606, member: 409"] My group just encountered the roper during tonight's session. They did not surprise it so it fired a strand and stuck the ranger, saying, "Fresh food, finally." But my group did not even think about a parley. They attacked immediately. The roper managed to drain the strength of 4 out of 6, one of which it drained to 0. The monk jumped the river but got hit with a strand and was weakened. The barbarian tried to jump over but landed short and was carried away by the river. He had to dump all his equipment just to make his swim check, including his +1 greataxe. Easy come, easy go. :D The spellcasters were ineffective, so they began using bull's strength to help with the roper's weaken attacks. The ranger was able to get back up with a 4 strength and he fired a couple poisoned arrows (drow poison) that incapacitated the roper. The monk killed it with a coup de grace from his light crossbow right thru the eye. It was a fun battle. The roper's 6 strand attacks and the river obstacle make this a dangerous encounter, indeed. But it is fun and there are many ways to take out the roper. As the DM, I thought my group would have used all the alchemists fire they found earlier in the orc lair, but they did not. I am looking forward to the encounter with Nightscale. That should prove interesting. BTW, I have 6 player characters and one NPC (Erky). Four were 5th level and three were 4th level when they encountered the roper. [/QUOTE]

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