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Sneak attack when swallowed whole?
- Thread starter the Jester
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DWARF
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Well, if the monster has the snatch feat, it'd have to do bite damage every round until the character it was eating died, then it could swallow.
If the monster had the Swallow Whole ability, and we give it the ability to do double damage per round biting and chewing a character before swallowing, if they did use their ability and swallowed a character whole before that character was dead, just do the normal damage that swallow whole would confer.
My problem with Swallow Whole as the only option to a monster eating a character is like what Jester said. He ended up taking less damage a round inside the purple worm than he had been outside. There should be the option of the monster forgoing swallowing a character in a given round for dealing lots of biting damage instead. Giving monsters with "Swallow Whole" the double damage chewing ability of "Snatch" fixes that problem.
If the monster had the Swallow Whole ability, and we give it the ability to do double damage per round biting and chewing a character before swallowing, if they did use their ability and swallowed a character whole before that character was dead, just do the normal damage that swallow whole would confer.
My problem with Swallow Whole as the only option to a monster eating a character is like what Jester said. He ended up taking less damage a round inside the purple worm than he had been outside. There should be the option of the monster forgoing swallowing a character in a given round for dealing lots of biting damage instead. Giving monsters with "Swallow Whole" the double damage chewing ability of "Snatch" fixes that problem.
DWARF
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If they tried to escape, isn't it just a successful grapple check to climb back out, then a second to get out of it's mouth?
What I think was being asked was what should happen with Sneak Attack. I figure, the character would have to have studied the monsters anatomy beforehand to pull it off. Otherwise, I like my games a bit "James Bond-ish", just a bit, so I'd give the Rogue a 1 in 4 chance of being able to use their sneak attack damage when they attacked from the inside.
What I think was being asked was what should happen with Sneak Attack. I figure, the character would have to have studied the monsters anatomy beforehand to pull it off. Otherwise, I like my games a bit "James Bond-ish", just a bit, so I'd give the Rogue a 1 in 4 chance of being able to use their sneak attack damage when they attacked from the inside.
