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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Joyce Jun'r" data-source="post: 2362215" data-attributes="member: 31471">Hullo,In an upcoming session, my players are going to toe-to-toe with a chain devil (kyton). I'm unfortunately a tad confused about the number of attacks the creature gets, however.The entry in the MM says that kytons can make a chain attack as a standard action, or two chain attacks as a full action. However, one of the kyton's abilities is to try control up to 4 chains within 20 feet of itself as a standard action, and the entry goes on to say that these chains are treated as the kyton's own for purposes of attacks, damage, and the like. So, how exactly does that work? Does it mean the kyton uses a standard action, takes control of, say, 4 chains, and then on its next turn can attack with all 4? Or does it mean that, instead of attacking with its own chains, a kyton can use chains located within 20 feet of itself to attack its enemies, but can only attack once (or twice, if it's using a full action) per round? If anyone could break down how this power works, that'd be great. I'm inclined to think that the kyton cannot use the chains it controls through its ability to provide itself with extra attacks every turn, because then it's CR would probably be higher, but I just want to be sure so that the players don't just cleave through it without me maximizing its potential.</blockquote>