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<blockquote data-quote="IceBear" data-source="post: 122504" data-attributes="member: 1118">Yeah, but have you ever seen a preying mantis hunt.&nbsp; It is very patient and will wait for it's prey to come within perfect striking distance before attacking; I haven't seen one rush from a distance.&nbsp; I see the ice worm doing the same thing.What I might do, is if it's prey didn't walk directly over it, and then it started moving away, I might have the ice worm chase after them.&nbsp; But, it would depend on how desperate it is.&nbsp; As a steathy hunter, it's instincts would tell it that it's best chance for success is to attack like I described above - to do otherwise is to invite a chance of injury or death.Another thing, I don't normally have creatures like this continue the attack.&nbsp; If it pops up and swallows someone, it's got it's meal.&nbsp; Why continue to fight something that could hurt or kill it if it's no longer hungry?&nbsp; I usually just have them burrow back under the ice and snow to their lair and digest their meal in peace.&nbsp; Now, if the PCs continue to pursue, it would obviously attempt to drive them off.IceBear</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IceBear, post: 122504, member: 1118"] Yeah, but have you ever seen a preying mantis hunt. It is very patient and will wait for it's prey to come within perfect striking distance before attacking; I haven't seen one rush from a distance. I see the ice worm doing the same thing. What I might do, is if it's prey didn't walk directly over it, and then it started moving away, I might have the ice worm chase after them. But, it would depend on how desperate it is. As a steathy hunter, it's instincts would tell it that it's best chance for success is to attack like I described above - to do otherwise is to invite a chance of injury or death. Another thing, I don't normally have creatures like this continue the attack. If it pops up and swallows someone, it's got it's meal. Why continue to fight something that could hurt or kill it if it's no longer hungry? I usually just have them burrow back under the ice and snow to their lair and digest their meal in peace. Now, if the PCs continue to pursue, it would obviously attempt to drive them off. IceBear [/QUOTE]

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