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<blockquote data-quote="TheEvil" data-source="post: 3053484" data-attributes="member: 23261">You mention logistics.&nbsp; How is hitting something vital on a purple worm from inside the gizzard any harder then a land bound rogue hitting something vital on a huge giant?&nbsp; By playing D&amp;D in the first place you are forced to gloss over an awful lot of logistics.As far as damage to neighboring 'vitals' goes, since all sneak attack does is grant extra damage without impact to a creatures fighting ability, I consider this a pretty weak argument.&nbsp; Since when has a sneak attack from outside the creature (without feats or special class abilities) ever meant anything other then a louder 'OUCH' from the target?The thing is, provided you have a light source, you meet all the prereq's for sneak attack: Defender denied dex bonus to attack roll or flanked, have decernable anatomy, and be able to reach said vital locations.&nbsp; Creatures that have swallowed you are denied their dex bonus to armor class, they still have a decernable anatomy and you are hardly in any worse a position to hit a huge creature from the inside then you are from below it.&nbsp; If you want to argue the the stomach conceals vital locations, how do you feel about the skin?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheEvil, post: 3053484, member: 23261"] You mention logistics. How is hitting something vital on a purple worm from inside the gizzard any harder then a land bound rogue hitting something vital on a huge giant? By playing D&D in the first place you are forced to gloss over an awful lot of logistics. As far as damage to neighboring 'vitals' goes, since all sneak attack does is grant extra damage without impact to a creatures fighting ability, I consider this a pretty weak argument. Since when has a sneak attack from outside the creature (without feats or special class abilities) ever meant anything other then a louder 'OUCH' from the target? The thing is, provided you have a light source, you meet all the prereq's for sneak attack: Defender denied dex bonus to attack roll or flanked, have decernable anatomy, and be able to reach said vital locations. Creatures that have swallowed you are denied their dex bonus to armor class, they still have a decernable anatomy and you are hardly in any worse a position to hit a huge creature from the inside then you are from below it. If you want to argue the the stomach conceals vital locations, how do you feel about the skin? [/QUOTE]

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