[D&D Adaptation Question] Swallow Whole rules and mechanics?

Mister Negative · 12-02-2013, 10:57 AM

FWIW, I don't think the damage necessary to escape is 'cutting yourself out of the beastie's body', but represents doing enough damage to force/encourage the creature to vomit you forth. I'm recalling this from Pathfinder, so it may be different in straight D&D, though.

That's a thing to consider within GURPS, though, that should add some fun (at least, for the GM) complexity. You could have some creatures which swallow whole and can be encouraged to regurgitate a meal with applications of force. You could have other creatures which either lack a vomit reflex or are used to violently struggling prey which you must simply cut your way out of, killing them in the process. The first type might not be terribly deadly internally, since their innards are relatively sensitive and used to non-resisting prey, and the second might be quite deadly inside (crushing stomachs and strong acids) since they are actually planning on killing prey by swallowing it.

Also, that gives you fun options against them too. If you can figure out that a creature can't, or won't, regurgitate, then you can feed them the sorts of traps that a quick vomiter would burp back up (heated stones, chaos shards, dire sea urchins).

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Mister Negative Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Most definitely alone	Re: [D&D Adaptation Question] Swallow Whole rules and mechanics? FWIW, I don't think the damage necessary to escape is 'cutting yourself out of the beastie's body', but represents doing enough damage to force/encourage the creature to vomit you forth. I'm recalling this from Pathfinder, so it may be different in straight D&D, though. That's a thing to consider within GURPS, though, that should add some fun (at least, for the GM) complexity. You could have some creatures which swallow whole and can be encouraged to regurgitate a meal with applications of force. You could have other creatures which either lack a vomit reflex or are used to violently struggling prey which you must simply cut your way out of, killing them in the process. The first type might not be terribly deadly internally, since their innards are relatively sensitive and used to non-resisting prey, and the second might be quite deadly inside (crushing stomachs and strong acids) since they are actually planning on killing prey by swallowing it. Also, that gives you fun options against them too. If you can figure out that a creature can't, or won't, regurgitate, then you can feed them the sorts of traps that a quick vomiter would burp back up (heated stones, chaos shards, dire sea urchins). __________________ Build a man a fire and he's warm for the night. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.