Part one of that series of articles on sneak attacks said:Sneak attacks require a clear view of the target. Any degree of concealment -- even concealment from fog (a lousy 20% miss chance) foils sneak attacks.
Sneak attacks are possible only when the attacker can reach the target's vital spots. If you're limited to beating the foe about the ankles, you can't make sneak attacks against him.
It's immaterial if the swallower is stunned or otherwise loses his Dex bonus. "The Armor Class of the interior of a creature that swallows whole is normally 10 + ½ its natural armor bonus, with no modifiers for size or Dexterity." Without any modifiers for Dexterity, it cannot lose it's Dex bonus. Whether it can be flanked is another one to debate, too.Patlin said:A good answer, but incomplete. What if the creature that swallowed you becomes stunned, and loses dex bonus for reasons unrelated to the grapple?
(Psi)SeveredHead said:What I want to know is how the rogue breathes in there. It's not exactly an oxygenated environment, and drowning in stomach acid doesn't improve matters.
Infiniti2000 said:It's immaterial if the swallower is stunned or otherwise loses his Dex bonus. "The Armor Class of the interior of a creature that swallows whole is normally 10 + ½ its natural armor bonus, with no modifiers for size or Dexterity." Without any modifiers for Dexterity, it cannot lose it's Dex bonus. Whether it can be flanked is another one to debate, too.
The rogue’s attack deals extra damage any time her target would be denied a Dexterity bonus to AC (whether the target actually has a Dexterity bonus or not), or when the rogue flanks her target.
Victim said:The rogue might not necessarily attempt to cut his way out, if he can do sneak attack from the inside. Compared to a creature's full attack damage, stomach damage is rather low especially with Resist Acid going. If the rogue can see in the dark, he might be quite happy shredding his foe from the inside. He could leave once it's dead.