Bursting a T-Rex from the inside?

[Magus Coeruleus]

This is interesting to consider:

Let's say you were swallowed by a T-Rex, who can swallow up to 2 medium-sized creatures (Large is too big for it), and tried to burst your way out by Wildshaping into a Large animal. Now, I doubt this would actually burst the thing open, but would you let it be used to damage the dino from the inside? Also, what would happen after the Wildshape attempt? Would you revert back to your normal shape, become the same animal but at a smaller size that fits, or someone stay stuck in there as an oversized meal (with some negative consequences to the rather bloated T-Rex)?

Maybe this is more of a House Rules question. I dunno, but I'm curious to hear people's ideas.


MC

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

I wouldn't allow it - not the explosion effect anyway. It's clearly against the spirit of the rules. Besides, if the T-rex can cram 2 medium creatures in there I'm pretty sure it could fit a large creature. Oh well, give the druid his better grapple bonus for being large.

 

[Magus Coeruleus]

I wouldn't allow it - not the explosion effect anyway. It's clearly against the spirit of the rules. Besides, if the T-rex can cram 2 medium creatures in there I'm pretty sure it could fit a large creature. Oh well, give the druid his better grapple bonus for being large.

Just for the record, I picked the T-Rex as an example specifically because its gizzard can hold "2 Medium, 8 Small, 32 Tiny, or 128 Diminutive or smaller opponents." It cannot hold a Large creature, since the increase/decrease in # of creatures goes by a factor of 4 (compare to a Purple Worm, which is one size larger than a T-Rex and can hold "2 Large, 8 Medium, 32 Small, 128 Tiny, or 512 Diminutive or smaller opponents."

 

[hong]

To the extent that I allowed this sort of thing, I'd say that it does the same amount of damage to the t-rex that you'd do if you cut your way out. For a t-rex, that's 25 points, and then you're out.

Creatures in D&D-land can survive having their guts torn open. Might as well use that as a starting point.

 

[diaglo]

[hijack]why would a creature with teeth like a T-Rex swallow whole?[/hijack] they were meant for tearing the flesh off a carcass.

 

[Rel]

[hijack]why would a creature with teeth like a T-Rex swallow whole?[/hijack] they were meant for tearing the flesh off a carcass.

Yeah, but the carcass his teeth were designed to tear chunks from was a LOT bigger than a medium or small sized character. The average T-Rex is a busy dinosaur. He's got places to go and people to eat: His time is valuable. Better to just swallow whole and get on with his busy day than waste time biting chunks off of a halfling.

 

[kreynolds]

Let's say you were swallowed by a T-Rex, who can swallow up to 2 medium-sized creatures (Large is too big for it), and tried to burst your way out by Wildshaping into a Large animal.

Check out this thread.

 

[Magus Coeruleus]

Thanks for the link to the other thread. I'm going to close this one and ask that anyone interested in this topic follow kreynolds' link over there.

MC

[errr--I guess a thread starter can't close a thread? Well, if someone who can close this would do so, that would be great. Otherwise, please post to the other thread and not here --MC]