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Originally posted by ericlboyd

Take one roper. Add one ghaunadan. Stir. Bake very, very well.

--Eric

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Originally posted by The Sage
Now, to keep this scroll on-topic... Where the ghauropers ever mentioned in any other 2e tome, possibly on the Underdark?

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Originally posted by kuje31

Now does anyone know of the actually stats from 1e or 2e, as the poster asked!

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Originally posted by ericlboyd

I might have statted one up in Dungeon of the Hark (good luck finding that obscure little adventure)...

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Originally posted by ericlboyd

OK, I felt lame giving a reference to a product that only 3 people in the world probably own.

Straight from "Dungeon of the Hark", copyright Wizards of the Coast, the ghauroper in all its 2e glory ...

Ghauroper: THACO 5; #AT 1; Dmg 5d6; AC -2; HD 15; HP 70; MV 4; SA strands, strength drain; SD various immunities; MR 80%; SZ H (15' long); INT supra-genius; AL CE; ML fanatic (18); XP 18,000; Monstrous Manual variant.

Notes: Ghauropers are a more powerful variant of roper, imbued with the unholy energies of Ghaunadaur and formed by the god from a human or demihuman worshiper. Ghauropers retain their wizard or priest spell-casting abilities if they posessed such skills in their former forms, but employing such abilities requires a great deal of concentration and numerous attempts, requiring the formation of human-like hands and mouths from the malleable bulk to shape somatic and verbal components. As such, spellcasting is effectively impossible in combat situations and only used sparingly in any case. All ghauropers exhibit the ability to eat living or recently slain humanoid creaturs and then exude a ghaunadan capable of passing as the ingested creatures [sic] twin. (If the creature ingested has multiple human forms, such as many lycanthropes, then the ghaunadan can assume the alternate humanoid forms as well.) When a ghauroper choose to "bud" a ghaunadan, the process takes roughly twenty-four hours on average and weakens the ghauroper by 1d8 points of damage that must be healed naturally. Ghauropers can communicate with any amorphous creature and can command them to remain in a specific location until attacked or direct them to attack a specific opponent.

SA -- Ghauropers attack by shooting strong, sticky strands at opponents. The [sic] can shoot a total of eight strands, one per round, as far as 70 feet; each strand can extend (1d6+1)x10 feet and pull up to 1000 pounds. Each time a strand hits (requiring a normal attack roll), the victim must make a successful saving throw vs. poison with a penalty of -2 or lose half its Strength (round fractions down). Strenth loss occurs 1d2 rounds after a hit, is cumulative for multiple hits, and lasts for 3d4 turns. If a ghauroper's prey cannot break free, it is pulled 10 feet closer per round; when it reache sthe ghauropr, the creature bites the victim for 5d6 points of damage (automatic hit against a victim held by a strand). A strand can be pulled off or broken by a character who makes a successful open doors roll. A strand can also be cut; it is AC -2, and it must take at least 8 points of damage from a single hit of an edged weapon to be severed.

SD -- Ghauropers are unaffected by lightning and take only half damage from cold-based attacks. Opponents suffer a -2 penalty to surprise rolls when faced by a ghauroper.

SW -- Ghauropers have a -2 penalty to saving throws versus fire.

Enjoy,

--Eric

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