Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Belkorin 08-23-07, 01:28 AM	When a player cuts themself out of being swallowed, where do they exit to? Do they end up outside of the monster that swallowed? If so, shouldn't it do a lot of damage to the monster having a hole sliced in it, rather than none at all, as is implied by the various descriptions?
heffroncm 08-23-07, 01:43 AM	Er, damage dealt to the inside of a monster is damage the monster takes... If you don't think it's enough damage to show a person-sized hole in the monster (you'd be surprised how small a hole a person can squeeze through when he needs to), remember that these things are assumed to have some sort of super musculature that closes the whole behind the PC. Alternatively, increase the damgae recquired to cut yourself out. Alternatively, change the flavor so that the PC isn't cutting himself out, just irritating the monster's sensitive insides enough that the monster spits him out.
lint trap 08-27-07, 06:57 PM	I'm for the vomit mechanic; the PCs cause an upset stomach, and they go out the same way they went in. While there's certainly fantasy precedent for going out through the stomach lining, it's too much for most players to buy unless the wound is a killing one.
yellowdingo 08-30-07, 09:28 AM	NO: When creatures swallow you, you are being subjected to constricting muscles specificly designed to crush every bone in your corpse until you are a fleshy bag of gelatine ham. Just because you are swallowed doesnt mean the damage stops...If in the case of this game your PC does cut their way out then it is into the tissue layers that seperate the skin from the intestines. Stomach lining of something large enough to swallow you is going to be thick (may be four-five inches of tissue) then there will be muscles that constrict and crush the organ and its contents, sinue, arteries, other organs, glands, tissue protecting the skeleton, then bones, then other stuff like heavy layers of leather (skin).