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<blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 435136" data-attributes="member: 3051">Sorry, I phrased that badly.&nbsp; I didn't mean a literal &quot;Coup de Grace&quot; (PHB term), I meant a more generic &quot;coup de grace&quot;, i.e., some powerful attack intended to finish off a more-or-less-helpless opponent.Nothing in the power description says you can't target the person inside, from what I see; it seems to be phrased in a way to discourage weapon attacks on the person (they hit the cocoon instead?&nbsp; Or does it act like stoneskin, where the first 25 damage hits the cocoon and any excess hits the person?), but it's not really clear that you can't reach the person inside in other ways.For example, I could reach in, touch the person, and Teleport to get them out.&nbsp; Of course, if I can do that, I can Harm him too.I mean think of it; you can still manifest psionic powers while cocooned, so if it prevented all attacks from hitting the person inside, why wouldn't I just cocoon MYSELF?&nbsp; Instant DR 25/-, immunity to ethereal attacks, and you can't hit me with spells?And no offense to Monte Cook if he's reading this, but I don't really trust him on matters relating to game balance.&nbsp; His ranger and his reworkings of the PsiHB prestige classes are horribly overpowered IMHO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Spatzimaus, post: 435136, member: 3051"] Sorry, I phrased that badly. I didn't mean a literal "Coup de Grace" (PHB term), I meant a more generic "coup de grace", i.e., some powerful attack intended to finish off a more-or-less-helpless opponent. Nothing in the power description says you can't target the person inside, from what I see; it seems to be phrased in a way to discourage weapon attacks on the person (they hit the cocoon instead? Or does it act like stoneskin, where the first 25 damage hits the cocoon and any excess hits the person?), but it's not really clear that you can't reach the person inside in other ways. For example, I could reach in, touch the person, and Teleport to get them out. Of course, if I can do that, I can Harm him too. I mean think of it; you can still manifest psionic powers while cocooned, so if it prevented all attacks from hitting the person inside, why wouldn't I just cocoon MYSELF? Instant DR 25/-, immunity to ethereal attacks, and you can't hit me with spells? And no offense to Monte Cook if he's reading this, but I don't really trust him on matters relating to game balance. His ranger and his reworkings of the PsiHB prestige classes are horribly overpowered IMHO. [/QUOTE]

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