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<blockquote data-quote="Chen_93" data-source="post: 4439022" data-attributes="member: 68883"><p>Well assuming the DM chose randomly who it attacked you got unlucky. Most other characters probably have higher AC/Fort and a few more HP to make it harder to swallow. </p><p></p><p>If the DM attacked you specifically that is pretty big metagaming since the purple worm is both blind and only has tremorsense when it is underground, neither of which would really distinguish a mage from someone else (maybe in terms of heavy armor/weight but I don't recall the details of tremorsense).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Fair enough.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Your knowledge roll should give you the information about how the beast could swallow you. Even without directly saying it something like "purple worms tend to swallow severely injured prey even before they are dead" or something would come up if someone in the group rolled moderately on the appropriate knowledge. Again if this did NOT occur that is slightly poor luck, since getting the "powers" from a knowledge roll is not too tough, especially if someone is trained in the skill. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I granted the first point (though it'd probably be a lesson to keep some sort of power available to move creatures). The second point here is an issue of numbers and possibly a DM misjudging issue. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This one is a direct result of the lack of the knowledge roll I mentioned previously. If the information about being bloodied and swallowed was unknown (due to a failed roll or whatever), I do agree the cleric really had no reason to heal you.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well I can agree being swallowed whole would be annoying and frustrating. In this case you should probably have even died. There are a combination of factors here though, that I already went through. No available powers to break the grab, no knowledge roll to know the cleric should keep you healed, the purple worm attacking the absolute best target to swallow despite being blind and not really able to differentiate between the people (clearly you hadn't attacked since you said it won initiative). When everything conspires against you whether due to DM intent or random bad luck or even a combination of both, you're going to get screwed. Swallow whole has several protections on it (needing a grab, needing to be bloodied) just like a beholder's petrification or other things that require several saves or end up killing/removing you from combat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chen_93, post: 4439022, member: 68883"] Well assuming the DM chose randomly who it attacked you got unlucky. Most other characters probably have higher AC/Fort and a few more HP to make it harder to swallow. If the DM attacked you specifically that is pretty big metagaming since the purple worm is both blind and only has tremorsense when it is underground, neither of which would really distinguish a mage from someone else (maybe in terms of heavy armor/weight but I don't recall the details of tremorsense). Fair enough. Your knowledge roll should give you the information about how the beast could swallow you. Even without directly saying it something like "purple worms tend to swallow severely injured prey even before they are dead" or something would come up if someone in the group rolled moderately on the appropriate knowledge. Again if this did NOT occur that is slightly poor luck, since getting the "powers" from a knowledge roll is not too tough, especially if someone is trained in the skill. I granted the first point (though it'd probably be a lesson to keep some sort of power available to move creatures). The second point here is an issue of numbers and possibly a DM misjudging issue. This one is a direct result of the lack of the knowledge roll I mentioned previously. If the information about being bloodied and swallowed was unknown (due to a failed roll or whatever), I do agree the cleric really had no reason to heal you. Well I can agree being swallowed whole would be annoying and frustrating. In this case you should probably have even died. There are a combination of factors here though, that I already went through. No available powers to break the grab, no knowledge roll to know the cleric should keep you healed, the purple worm attacking the absolute best target to swallow despite being blind and not really able to differentiate between the people (clearly you hadn't attacked since you said it won initiative). When everything conspires against you whether due to DM intent or random bad luck or even a combination of both, you're going to get screwed. Swallow whole has several protections on it (needing a grab, needing to be bloodied) just like a beholder's petrification or other things that require several saves or end up killing/removing you from combat. [/QUOTE]
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