I've had a roper with a nest of eggs and bunches of piercers all in one cave. (I made up that it lays eggs since the books weren't clear in 1982) The party wandered in and noticed these oblong smooth rocks piled up, went to investigate and got many peircers dropping, immediately followed by the roper grabbing 3 of them. It was brutal.
I like how the roper is ran in Forge of Fury from Yawning Portal. Its intended to be an overly difficult boss that the players should smartly run past. There was one tip in the book that suggested the hunger of this animal would consume any adventurer and THEIR GEAR, so when the players heard stories of this monster it was rumored it wasnt even worth facing because any loot would have surely been devoured. Set up a good encounter where the PCs had to run across a room with a roper but mostly focused on freeing each other fromrope arms.
Hmmm. So my game plan for my roper is to have the party have to scale a mountain. The lower portion of the mountain will have a few small goblin hordes just to soften them up. For reference it's a party of 4 level 4, potentially with an NPC. As they scale said mountain, they'll find their goal and then the roper was going to grab as many as it could and begin pulling them in. As they realize that they don't want to get close, the goblin hordes lower down will come into to try to catch unsuspecting prey. Making the team choose between the smaller targets or the larger one. I didn't plan on having it high enough to pick them up and drop them. mainly because I have a lot of martials for my PC's. But I may change that. Thanks for the video mate.
So, does the grappled pc get to roll a STR saving throw as a reaction or on his/er turn? It on their turn correct? And braking the grapple uses up their action for that turn, correct?
I've had a roper with a nest of eggs and bunches of piercers all in one cave. (I made up that it lays eggs since the books weren't clear in 1982) The party wandered in and noticed these oblong smooth rocks piled up, went to investigate and got many peircers dropping, immediately followed by the roper grabbing 3 of them. It was brutal.
I believe you.
I like how the roper is ran in Forge of Fury from Yawning Portal. Its intended to be an overly difficult boss that the players should smartly run past. There was one tip in the book that suggested the hunger of this animal would consume any adventurer and THEIR GEAR, so when the players heard stories of this monster it was rumored it wasnt even worth facing because any loot would have surely been devoured. Set up a good encounter where the PCs had to run across a room with a roper but mostly focused on freeing each other fromrope arms.
Nice approach. Thanks for your thoughts.
Ropers also have Opportunity attacks once someone tries to flee the 50ft
I'm planning on using a roper in my next session... your videos are invaluable resources for me as a DM
@@zacharybigger4144 That is great. All the best with your Roper encounter and Game.
Hmmm. So my game plan for my roper is to have the party have to scale a mountain. The lower portion of the mountain will have a few small goblin hordes just to soften them up. For reference it's a party of 4 level 4, potentially with an NPC. As they scale said mountain, they'll find their goal and then the roper was going to grab as many as it could and begin pulling them in. As they realize that they don't want to get close, the goblin hordes lower down will come into to try to catch unsuspecting prey. Making the team choose between the smaller targets or the larger one.
I didn't plan on having it high enough to pick them up and drop them. mainly because I have a lot of martials for my PC's. But I may change that. Thanks for the video mate.
So, does the grappled pc get to roll a STR saving throw as a reaction or on his/er turn? It on their turn correct? And braking the grapple uses up their action for that turn, correct?
About to run a scene in a cave with 4 ropers and a purple worm. Will see how that goes. 6 level 10 & and 1 level 15.
Why so late
Takes time.
Oh, and first