Baba's ettercaps are denifantly far better than the Stock ones (If only ppl like Baba/Merrick/Six/Worms worked for Bioware when they made nwn1) '>
I still like 2e's ettercap most, just as a fey/goblinoid/magical creature that has a fondness for spiders, and not a generic arachnoid humanoid.
(You could see drow bossing these guys around, and using them at guards, as opposed to the more Grey-rendery 3e ones or 4e dark sunnish vers)