Whale's swallow whole ability.

[Tadeus]

Hi guys,

I'm not sure if I understand if his ability works like normal swallow whole or is toned down to not make this encounter to difficult.

In the tactics section it says:

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If a swallowed victim deals damage to the Whale, the giant grindylow vomits up its undigested meal on the following round as

a free action.

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Special Attacks swallow whole (1d8+7 damage, AC 13, 3 hp)

And the description of "normal" swallow whole is:

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A swallowed creature can try to cut its way free with any light slashing or piercing weapon, or it can just try to escape the grapple. If a swallowed creature cuts its way out, the swallowing creature cannot use swallow whole again until the damage is healed. If the swallowed creature escapes the grapple, success puts it back in the attacker's mouth, where it may be bitten or swallowed again.

So, if the victim escapes the grapple it will get back to Whale's mouth without the grappled condition or with the grappled condition? If it's witout being grappled it can't be swallowed again in the same round.

If the victim deals damage (any damage or the 3hp?) it's not cutted free and can act but has to wait until the round of the Whale to be vomited out. If it's vomited out, is it free or back in the mouth?

[LeleyX]

The way I understand it, you you grapple your way free you end up in it's mouth, with the grappled condition, if you hit it (with a light slashing or piercing weapon) for 3 hp and you are completely free, not in it's mouth nor grappled, but covered in puke...

[ferrinwulf]

As above, escaping the grapple would be the equivilent of try to ease out of the gut and force your way up the creature(climb up out of its gut and end up in its mouth), you won't be able to just climb out hence the fact you would be still grappled (its going to be trying to force you back down inside, it wants its meal damnit!).

Hitting the stomach with a stabby stabby thing would be the equivlent of having the stomach lining ripped and we know how painful the that is, the creature or anybodys reaction would be projectile vomit as you are forced at speed up through the gut and open mouth and as Leleyx says end up coverd in puke and shot through the air..nice.

[LeleyX]

You and me have very different ideas of what constitutes something nice...

[Invisible Kierkegaard]

Don't kill the whale!