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My guess is no, it's not factored in. I suspect they didn't consider the cover bonus. I think the old 2nd Edition version of the spell had an AC penalty and they just translated it across. IceBear

See, I just see the kraken's CR as being wrong. I think the grappling rules are poorly explained, and cludgy to execute, but I don't think it's too bad. Seriously, I haven't looked too closely at all the monsters with improved grab but I just picked two at random that didn't seem too bad to...

Wasn't there some article in Dragon magazine by a WotC staffer on dragons in which it stated a black dragon likes to stay in water with just it's head above water so it could breathe on opponents and get 9/10ths cover (maybe it was concealment, but I seem to remember it being cover) from the...

Well, besides the fact that the CRs are off, I don't know. As far as I'm concerned running into a kraken was supposed to be like running into a dragon (at least it was). I know I was thrown off when I saw the CR 12 when I looked it up. See....another thing that's broken! BTW - a 16th level...

If he moves 30ft and then takes a move eq action, then he has used both of his actions for the round and can't attack too, or do you have Expert Tactican in the mix here? IceBear

Didn't say it was uncommon - just said that I didn't commonly use them :) It was my opinion that big monsters with improved grab were meant to be nasty and thus, used sparingly. Also, if the DM "roleplays" the intelligence of the monster correctly it helps. If a brown bear was fighting 4...

I know, I can't either. Especially since I've hit them with flanking rogues a few times and they've been impressed by them. I'm also not skimpy with the traps either, but they just plow on through anyway :) I'm actually on my 3rd campaign now and I thought I finally had someone that was going...

Replace the bars with a Wall of Force or Force Cage. Taken to the extreme a player could argue that the locked door to the room is impeding his movement to get to where he wants (in the room) and thus the spell should allow him to wriggle through the lock or something :) Anyway, I'm just being...

That's what I was thinking too actually. My earlier comments were off the cuff, but reflecting on the "Grappling is Broken" thread I was thinking that this might be ok (I was thinking of the +20 too). The trouble is, I can think of some weird circumstances. Someone throws you in a jail cell...

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Besnode, was this The Sage or Customer Support. Unfortunately, if it was customer support look for the Death Ward vs Phantasmal Killer thread for proof of their incompetence. The SAME GUY answered two different ways when asked by two different people. :) Again, like I said, the first part of...

Agreed, but I honestly thought that this was what these monsters were meant for. To kill/swallow PCs. Hence why I rarely use them. Maybe the grapple checks will be lower in 3.5? Anyway, I'm glad that this thread made me realize that D&D is a waste of my time (BTW - I'm serious here. This...

Yes, that kraken is really powerful, but then that's what I thought they were supposed to be :) Anyway, from what I remember of the MMII clarification on grapple (which someone pointed out is different than Sean's), if a monster with Improved Grapple has someone grappled with a limb the monster...

I can understand his point. I wouldn't allow it to extend to grappling, but I can see how a rules lawyer could argue the point. I just looked at the d20 Modern SRD and it has the same description as the current one quoted above. Thus, it doesn't look like it got revised as of yet. IceBear

This is true. I think Song and Silence has some information on this. IceBear

Those stats aren't in order are they? IceBear

Hiden (more or less) = Invisible. IceBear

I don't know, but that seems to have been the conclusion of the other 8 pages of this thread by people who are a lot smarter than me. I think their point was need = no (unless you're a low damage person); want = yes. IceBear

But there are sooooooo many lame things. I guess I don't use monsters with Improved Grapple a lot, but when I do, I EXPECT them to grapple the PCs like I expect a medusa to turn someone to stone, or a dragon to breathe on the party, etc. It's the feature of the monster and I put it in because...

Considering how every rule, class, spell, monster, etc is "broken", I think I'll just give up on D&D. Hmmmm - since no one RPG system is "perfect" I guess I'll give up on RPGs. Oh well, I guess I'll have lots of money and have more free time now. IceBear