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<blockquote data-quote="zyzzyr" data-source="post: 178574" data-attributes="member: 1867">Hi all,I am running a session tonight, and it includes a roper from the MM.&nbsp; Now, I'm comfortable with the strands and attach special attacks, but I'm unsure of the &quot;weakness&quot;.Is &quot;weakness&quot; a standard action?&nbsp; Or is it automatic when the strand attaches?For example:(1) Round 1: Roper shoots out strand, and it attaches onto the player.&nbsp; The player does a strength check (DC 19) and fails.&nbsp; The player also fails his fortitude check, and then takes 2d8 points of strength damage.Round 2: The strand brings him 10 feet closer, and he has to make another fortitude check.&nbsp; He fails, and takes another 2d8 pts of str damage.Round 3: The strand brings him 10 feet closer.&nbsp; Another check, another fail, another 2d8 pts of damage.Total: 3 rounds, 20 feet, 6d8 str damage.or (2) Round 1: The roper shoots out a strand and it attaches.&nbsp; PC fails a strength check.Round 2: The player tries a strength check and fails.&nbsp; The player fails a fortitude check, and takes strength damage.Round 3: The player fails a strength check.&nbsp; He is drawn 10 feet closer.Total: 3 rounds, 10 feet, 2d8 str damage.or(3)Round 1: The roper shoots out a strand and it attaches.Round 2: The PC does his first strength check and fails.&nbsp; It brings him 10 feet closer.&nbsp; He also has to due a fortitude check.&nbsp; He fails that.Round 3: The player does a 2nd str check, fails, the 2nd fort check, fails, and another 10 feet.Total: 3 rounds, 20 feet, 4d8 str damage.Hmm, I guess it boils down to two questions:Is &quot;weakness&quot; a standard action on the part of the roper?Does &quot;weakness&quot; occur on the initial round of attach, or subsequent rounds only?Thanks for any help!and Sorry for short notice <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />zyzzyr</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zyzzyr, post: 178574, member: 1867"] Hi all, I am running a session tonight, and it includes a roper from the MM. Now, I'm comfortable with the strands and attach special attacks, but I'm unsure of the "weakness". Is "weakness" a standard action? Or is it automatic when the strand attaches? For example: (1) Round 1: Roper shoots out strand, and it attaches onto the player. The player does a strength check (DC 19) and fails. The player also fails his fortitude check, and then takes 2d8 points of strength damage. Round 2: The strand brings him 10 feet closer, and he has to make another fortitude check. He fails, and takes another 2d8 pts of str damage. Round 3: The strand brings him 10 feet closer. Another check, another fail, another 2d8 pts of damage. Total: 3 rounds, 20 feet, 6d8 str damage. or (2) Round 1: The roper shoots out a strand and it attaches. PC fails a strength check. Round 2: The player tries a strength check and fails. The player fails a fortitude check, and takes strength damage. Round 3: The player fails a strength check. He is drawn 10 feet closer. Total: 3 rounds, 10 feet, 2d8 str damage. or (3) Round 1: The roper shoots out a strand and it attaches. Round 2: The PC does his first strength check and fails. It brings him 10 feet closer. He also has to due a fortitude check. He fails that. Round 3: The player does a 2nd str check, fails, the 2nd fort check, fails, and another 10 feet. Total: 3 rounds, 20 feet, 4d8 str damage. Hmm, I guess it boils down to two questions: Is "weakness" a standard action on the part of the roper? Does "weakness" occur on the initial round of attach, or subsequent rounds only? Thanks for any help! and Sorry for short notice :) zyzzyr [/QUOTE]

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