Huge Earth Elemental Earth Glide

[Kenneth Souther]

As noted, a Huge Elemental is 32 feet long yet it's burrow/earth glide speed is 20 feet. Am I correct to assume that if a he decided to burrow straight down, he'd still have 12 feet showing, unless he took two move actions?

If you reverse this, if he wanted to burrow straight up into a room, he'd run into the same issue; either having to use a full round to be fully exposed, or one move action (allowing him to do a standard action, etc.)

What we started doing for the Druid (13th Lvl) is move action, partial exposure, attack with his arms and/or cast spells, and then next round he can sink back down or come all the way up.

Either way, I think the burrow/earth glide speed should be adjusted for the size of the Elemental, not the same across the board for all sizes...it just seems wonky.

[Jakynth]

According to the description given of the Huge Earth Elemental it is 32 feet long. However, this is one of those situations where the fluff doesn't match the rules because a huge creature is only occupying a 15x15 foot space per the grid. So when he makes a move action and burrows straight down his full 20' he actually is 5 feet underground.

No adjustments needed just the creators need to think a bit more about the communication between rules and descriptions.

[Kenneth Souther]

Jakynth wrote:

According to the description given of the Huge Earth Elemental it is 32 feet long. However, this is one of those situations where the fluff doesn't match the rules because a huge creature is only occupying a 15x15 foot space per the grid. So when he makes a move action and burrows straight down his full 20' he actually is 5 feet underground.

No adjustments needed just the creators need to think a bit more about the communication between rules and descriptions.

Ok, I see what you are saying. Huge is limited to a 15' cube, then listing heights above that is contradictory to the form of combat which Pathfinder adjudicates threat range and spacial placements for convenience. Sort of how combat HP/AC is not a literal tit-for-tat, I probably should not GM literally the height-to-movement ratios.