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<blockquote data-quote="Petrosian" data-source="post: 123765" data-attributes="member: 1149">On the swallow whole timing... i mentioned before its in the faq...here it is for those who... well nevermind...&nbsp; How&nbsp; does&nbsp; the&nbsp; swallow&nbsp; whole&nbsp; ability&nbsp; work?&nbsp; Can&nbsp; a creature&nbsp; with&nbsp; this&nbsp; ability&nbsp; try&nbsp; to&nbsp; swallow&nbsp; someone immediately after biting? The Monster Manual&nbsp; says&nbsp; a swallowed&nbsp; creature&nbsp; can&nbsp; cut&nbsp; its&nbsp; way&nbsp; out&nbsp; with&nbsp; a&nbsp; Tiny&nbsp; or Small slashing weapon. What happens if the creature is Large? Can it use a bigger weapon? A short sword is a piercing&nbsp; weapon,&nbsp; but&nbsp; it&nbsp; is&nbsp; a&nbsp; sword.&nbsp; Can&nbsp; you&nbsp; cut&nbsp; your way out with a short sword? &nbsp; A&nbsp; creature&nbsp; with&nbsp; the&nbsp; swallow&nbsp; whole&nbsp; ability&nbsp; must&nbsp; first grab a foe with its mouth. On the first round it bites and inflicts bite damage, then tries to grab its prey as noted in the&nbsp; answer&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; previous&nbsp; question.&nbsp; On&nbsp; the&nbsp; creature&amp;#146;s next turn, it can attempt to grapple again. If it succeeds, it inflicts bite damage and swallows the foe. &nbsp; Being swallowed has various consequences, depending on the creature doing the swallowing, but a swallowed creature&nbsp; is&nbsp; considered&nbsp; grappled,&nbsp; while&nbsp; the&nbsp; creature&nbsp; that did the swallowing is not. A swallowed creature can try to cut its way free with any light piercing or slashing weapon,&nbsp; or&nbsp; it&nbsp; can&nbsp; just&nbsp; try&nbsp; to&nbsp; escape&nbsp; the&nbsp; grapple.&nbsp; If&nbsp; the swallowed&nbsp; creature&nbsp; chooses&nbsp; the&nbsp; latter&nbsp; course,&nbsp; success puts it back in the attacker&amp;#146;s mouth, where it may be bitten or swallowed again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Petrosian, post: 123765, member: 1149"] On the swallow whole timing... i mentioned before its in the faq... here it is for those who... well nevermind... How does the swallow whole ability work? Can a creature with this ability try to swallow someone immediately after biting? The Monster Manual says a swallowed creature can cut its way out with a Tiny or Small slashing weapon. What happens if the creature is Large? Can it use a bigger weapon? A short sword is a piercing weapon, but it is a sword. Can you cut your way out with a short sword? A creature with the swallow whole ability must first grab a foe with its mouth. On the first round it bites and inflicts bite damage, then tries to grab its prey as noted in the answer to the previous question. On the creatures next turn, it can attempt to grapple again. If it succeeds, it inflicts bite damage and swallows the foe. Being swallowed has various consequences, depending on the creature doing the swallowing, but a swallowed creature is considered grappled, while the creature that did the swallowing is not. A swallowed creature can try to cut its way free with any light piercing or slashing weapon, or it can just try to escape the grapple. If the swallowed creature chooses the latter course, success puts it back in the attackers mouth, where it may be bitten or swallowed again. [/QUOTE]

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