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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Empirate" data-source="post: 6152977" data-attributes="member: 78958">First of all, the Tendriculous is among the more ridiculous examples of CR =! actual challenge posed. Regeneration and an (at the level) nigh unbeatable grapple check mean that the damn thing WILL be able to do their thing and swallow people if you let them get close. It's really a case where the players benefit massively from a heads-up prior to encountering the monster. In an ambush scenario (i.e., the PCs are ambushed), the Tendriculous is just plain deadly.That said, here's how Swallow Whole works:Important part bolded. So yes, in order to draw your light slashing weapon, you actually have to make a grapple check. If you attack with it, you take a -4 penalty to the attack roll. If you want to drink a potion that's already in hand, you can do so without problems. If the potion was not in hand to begin with, you have to make a grapple check to take it out of your pocket/bandoleer/etc.</blockquote>