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<blockquote data-quote="Shin Okada" data-source="post: 4534307" data-attributes="member: 1956">True. But the module was for 3.0e and that edition of PHB had no rule for using knowledge skills to identify monsters.That encounter starts with a sudden attack from Roper. Then it pulls a PC and starts to EAT that PC. The module says at this moment PCs can start to negotiate with it instead of fleeing from it. But I think most players will not even imagine that they can. The critter is eating their comrade!I did not notice when I wrote the previous post. But while Comprehend Languages allow PCs to understand what the Roper says (if it does), the spell does not allow them to speak the same language. So they need Tongues spell, which is Brd 3, Clr 4, Sor/Wiz3. And the adventure is for 3rd-level party.And while utility spells are useful, it needs much time and resources to acquire scrolls of all the useful spells. At 3rd-level, most adventuring party do not enjoy that luxury.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shin Okada, post: 4534307, member: 1956"] True. But the module was for 3.0e and that edition of PHB had no rule for using knowledge skills to identify monsters. That encounter starts with a sudden attack from Roper. Then it pulls a PC and starts to EAT that PC. The module says at this moment PCs can start to negotiate with it instead of fleeing from it. But I think most players will not even imagine that they can. The critter is eating their comrade! I did not notice when I wrote the previous post. But while Comprehend Languages allow PCs to understand what the Roper says (if it does), the spell does not allow them to speak the same language. So they need Tongues spell, which is Brd 3, Clr 4, Sor/Wiz3. And the adventure is for 3rd-level party. And while utility spells are useful, it needs much time and resources to acquire scrolls of all the useful spells. At 3rd-level, most adventuring party do not enjoy that luxury. [/QUOTE]

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