Pharyngeal teeth for monsters

[tbone]

Originally Posted by agentdenton

When it lurks in a reef and has 2 sets of teeth, that's a moray.

And another: "When that eel means you harm as it takes off your arm..." (You know the rest.)

To the OP:

I had this on my site from ages ago:

One-Way Jaws

Your teeth point inward like the barbs of a hook, or you have a tremendous peristalsis action with no shutoff. You have a +5 on Contests to keep foes in your jaws from breaking free, but at the same time, you have to eat what you bite, never mind that it just pulled the pin on a frag grenade. Bon appetit. This is a 0-point effect.

That aside, what you're describing sounds like the worrying action that many creature write-ups include. Off-hand, I don't know whether that's written up as a trait with a cost somewhere. But what you describe sounds to me like

a) a bite with the worrying ability, plus
b) maybe extra damage only for worrying, plus
c) maybe my One-Way Jaws above (or some variant).

[agentdenton]

Originally Posted by tbone

And another: "When that eel means you harm as it takes off your arm..." (You know the rest.)

To the OP:

I had this on my site from ages ago:



That aside, what you're describing sounds like the worrying action that many creature write-ups include. Off-hand, I don't know whether that's written up as a trait with a cost somewhere. But what you describe sounds to me like

a) a bite with the worrying ability, plus
b) maybe extra damage only for worrying, plus
c) maybe my One-Way Jaws above (or some variant).

I'd say this works fine. :)