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<blockquote data-quote="Sadras" data-source="post: 5810673" data-attributes="member: 6688277">There was one time where weight played a major role in the combat I was DMing...there was this large constrictor snake in a magically enchanted dark room that snuffed out light (this room was from one of the 4E adventures me thinks). Anyways the beast was giving the characters hell and they were losing, but they found out that light actually frenzied the snake - so one of the larger characters had this awesome idea to pull/drag the snake out of the room into the lit passageway. Needless to say the Monster Manual did not provide the weight of a large magical contrictor - so we quickly looked up historical snake weights on google - compared their length to the beast's length and estimated its weight. The weight of the beast was easy enough for the character to pull/drag, plus the serpent was not using a pole or stationery object to hold onto - so it was just the weight of the creature as well as its constricted victim the character had to contend with and not its strength, it just slowed his movement down. Anyways he pulled the beast into the lit passageway, it frenzied, let go of its victim and fled back into the dark room.Sometimes that extra fluff like weight is nice - just saying.At the end of the day - when selecting monsters to use, I look through all my Monster Manuals...they all help.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sadras, post: 5810673, member: 6688277"] There was one time where weight played a major role in the combat I was DMing...there was this large constrictor snake in a magically enchanted dark room that snuffed out light (this room was from one of the 4E adventures me thinks). Anyways the beast was giving the characters hell and they were losing, but they found out that light actually frenzied the snake - so one of the larger characters had this awesome idea to pull/drag the snake out of the room into the lit passageway. Needless to say the Monster Manual did not provide the weight of a large magical contrictor - so we quickly looked up historical snake weights on google - compared their length to the beast's length and estimated its weight. The weight of the beast was easy enough for the character to pull/drag, plus the serpent was not using a pole or stationery object to hold onto - so it was just the weight of the creature as well as its constricted victim the character had to contend with and not its strength, it just slowed his movement down. Anyways he pulled the beast into the lit passageway, it frenzied, let go of its victim and fled back into the dark room. Sometimes that extra fluff like weight is nice - just saying. At the end of the day - when selecting monsters to use, I look through all my Monster Manuals...they all help. [/QUOTE]

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