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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8814349" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>I imagine the Ihagnim's stomach is on the Astral Plane like the rest of it, it's just elastic and shapeless enough to contain a horse. There are real life animals that can swallow creatures larger and heavier than themselves, such as some deep sea fish (e.g. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglerfish" target="_blank">Lophiiformes</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccopharyngiformes" target="_blank">Saccopharyngiformes</a>) and they have skeletons limiting their ability to squeeze prey inside their bodies.</p><p></p><p>Updating the <a href="https://www.enworld.org/index.php?posts/8736450" target="_blank"><strong>Ihagnim</strong></a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well it doesn't have a mouth, it's more like an ooze's Engulf attack with it pulling a victim into its body with a tentacle but I was planning on it requiring a grapple check.</p><p></p><p>I still fancy it having to spend a round or two to drag its victim close enough to its body to "devour" using a mechanism similar to the Roper's strands:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Drag (Ex):</strong> If a roper hits with a strand attack, the strand latches onto the opponent’s body. This deals no damage but drags the stuck opponent 10 feet closer each subsequent round (provoking no attack of opportunity) unless that creature breaks free, which requires a DC 23 Escape Artist check or a DC 19 Strength check. The check DCs are Strength-based, and the Escape Artist DC includes a +4 racial bonus. A roper can draw in a creature within 10 feet of itself and bite with a +4 attack bonus in the same round. A strand has 10 hit points and can be attacked by making a successful sunder attempt. However, attacking a roper’s strand does not provoke an attack of opportunity. If the strand is currently attached to a target, the roper takes a -4 penalty on its opposed attack roll to resist the sunder attempt. Severing a strand deals no damage to a roper.</p><p></p><p>Hmm, if we use a modified version of that we don't need Improved Grab do we?</p><p></p><p>Should probably change the Special Attack's name to "Pseudopod" or the like and alter the attack lines "Tentacle(s)" to match.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Works for me!</p><p></p><p>Updating the <a href="https://www.enworld.org/index.php?posts/8736450" target="_blank"><strong>Ihagnim</strong></a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8814349, member: 57383"] I imagine the Ihagnim's stomach is on the Astral Plane like the rest of it, it's just elastic and shapeless enough to contain a horse. There are real life animals that can swallow creatures larger and heavier than themselves, such as some deep sea fish (e.g. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglerfish']Lophiiformes[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccopharyngiformes']Saccopharyngiformes[/URL]) and they have skeletons limiting their ability to squeeze prey inside their bodies. Updating the [URL='https://www.enworld.org/index.php?posts/8736450'][B]Ihagnim[/B][/URL]. Well it doesn't have a mouth, it's more like an ooze's Engulf attack with it pulling a victim into its body with a tentacle but I was planning on it requiring a grapple check. I still fancy it having to spend a round or two to drag its victim close enough to its body to "devour" using a mechanism similar to the Roper's strands: [INDENT][B]Drag (Ex):[/B] If a roper hits with a strand attack, the strand latches onto the opponent’s body. This deals no damage but drags the stuck opponent 10 feet closer each subsequent round (provoking no attack of opportunity) unless that creature breaks free, which requires a DC 23 Escape Artist check or a DC 19 Strength check. The check DCs are Strength-based, and the Escape Artist DC includes a +4 racial bonus. A roper can draw in a creature within 10 feet of itself and bite with a +4 attack bonus in the same round. A strand has 10 hit points and can be attacked by making a successful sunder attempt. However, attacking a roper’s strand does not provoke an attack of opportunity. If the strand is currently attached to a target, the roper takes a -4 penalty on its opposed attack roll to resist the sunder attempt. Severing a strand deals no damage to a roper.[/INDENT] Hmm, if we use a modified version of that we don't need Improved Grab do we? Should probably change the Special Attack's name to "Pseudopod" or the like and alter the attack lines "Tentacle(s)" to match. Works for me! Updating the [URL='https://www.enworld.org/index.php?posts/8736450'][B]Ihagnim[/B][/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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