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<blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 4072534" data-attributes="member: 4936"><p>Hey hey</p><p></p><p>I question the ruling that only light piercing or slashing weapons are effective when swallowed.</p><p></p><p>The SRD is clear that only attacks of that kind can actually slash open the guts, allowing escape...but it doesn't say that only those attacks cause damage. I'll reprint the section on Swallowing from the closest approximate to this beastie I can find at the moment; the Tendriculos.</p><p></p><p>A swallowed creature that avoids paralysis can climb out of the mass with a successful grapple check. This returns it to the plant’s maw, where another successful grapple check is needed to get free. A swallowed creature <strong>can</strong> also cut its way out by using a light slashing or piercing weapon to deal 25 points of damage to the tendriculos’s interior (AC 14). Once the creature exits, the plant’s regenerative capacity closes the hole; another swallowed opponent must cut its own way out.</p><p></p><p>Bold is added by me. It doesn't say MUST. If someone were to be swallowed by a creature, it seems likely they could choose NOT to cut its way out, and do damage of whatever sort they pleased. Technically, I suppose I could even argue that he could use his greatsword, since he's no longer grappled, and a light weapons is only mandated for cutting one's way out...not simply doing damage from inside. Granted, it seems a reasonable ruling, for not-being-silly's sake, to say only light weapons can be used when swallowed at all.</p><p></p><p>I didn't see any other entries on the condition of being swallowed, but if I missed something that invalidates all this (or if Rule 0 is invoked), then I'll cheerfully withdraw. Still, it doesn't seem unreasonable to say that an attack that can be used in a grapple (natural weapon in this case) could also be used while swallowed. *shrug*</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shayuri, post: 4072534, member: 4936"] Hey hey I question the ruling that only light piercing or slashing weapons are effective when swallowed. The SRD is clear that only attacks of that kind can actually slash open the guts, allowing escape...but it doesn't say that only those attacks cause damage. I'll reprint the section on Swallowing from the closest approximate to this beastie I can find at the moment; the Tendriculos. A swallowed creature that avoids paralysis can climb out of the mass with a successful grapple check. This returns it to the plant’s maw, where another successful grapple check is needed to get free. A swallowed creature [B]can[/B] also cut its way out by using a light slashing or piercing weapon to deal 25 points of damage to the tendriculos’s interior (AC 14). Once the creature exits, the plant’s regenerative capacity closes the hole; another swallowed opponent must cut its own way out. Bold is added by me. It doesn't say MUST. If someone were to be swallowed by a creature, it seems likely they could choose NOT to cut its way out, and do damage of whatever sort they pleased. Technically, I suppose I could even argue that he could use his greatsword, since he's no longer grappled, and a light weapons is only mandated for cutting one's way out...not simply doing damage from inside. Granted, it seems a reasonable ruling, for not-being-silly's sake, to say only light weapons can be used when swallowed at all. I didn't see any other entries on the condition of being swallowed, but if I missed something that invalidates all this (or if Rule 0 is invoked), then I'll cheerfully withdraw. Still, it doesn't seem unreasonable to say that an attack that can be used in a grapple (natural weapon in this case) could also be used while swallowed. *shrug* [/QUOTE]
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