Snatch and Swallow
( Draconomicon, p. 73)[Monster]
You can swallow creatures you have grabbed with your bite attack.
Prerequisite
Snatch (MM2) , Improved Snatch (Dr) , CON 19, dragon, size Huge or larger,
Benefit
If you begin your turn with an opponent held in your mouth, you can attempt a new grapple check (as though attempting to pin the opponent). If you succeed, your opponent takes bite damage and is swallowed. A swallowed creature is considered grappled, while you are not. A swallowed creature can try to cut its way free with any light piercing or slashing weapon (the amount of damage required to get free is noted on the table below), or it can just try to escape the grapple. If the swallowed creature chooses the latter course, success puts it back in your mouth. Any damage a swallowed creature deals is deducted from your hit points. If a creature cuts itself free, muscular action closes the hole, so that if you swallow someone again, that creature must cut itself free again. Swallowed creatures take damage in each round they remain swallowed, as shown below.
Special
| Dragon Size | Swallowed Creature Size 1 | Physical Damage 2 | Energy Damage 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huge | Medium | 1d8 | 2d8 |
| Gargantuan | Large | 2d6 | 4d6 |
| Colossal | Huge | 2d8 | 4d8 |
| 1 Maximum size of a swallowed creature. Your stomach can hold two such creatures; smaller foes count as one-quarter of a creature. | |||
| 2 A swallowed foe takes bludgeoning damage in each round it spends in your stomach. | |||
| 3 A swallowed foe takes energy damage in each round it spends in your stomach. The type of energy is the same as that of your breath weapon. | |||
