{Unfortunately, since the creature and you both got to act in the surprise round (and it in fact acted ahead of you) it is not flat-footed (finned?) and so you cannot make a sneak attack.}<br/><br/>PS we are now in the first round (linda still gets to act in the surprise round, but let's proceed anyway, so anyone is free to act.<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;"><span style="font-weight: bold">{Cross posted with Xarces, so rendered irrelevant after here}</span><br/><br/>The creature barely seems to notice the damage that Alizome's cut has inflicted. There are surely many sharp-fanged fish in the sea, and some of the bite when they're made a meal of. Alizome... is no different. The creature groans as Alizome wiggles and struggles, and she gets the sense that elves, perhaps, taste better than fish. Far, far better. Still, it enjoys you for but a moment, its tongue sliding over to taste rather than tease you, before with a flick of its head it tosses you back against the roof of its mouth and swallows you down. <br/><br/>The rest of the group on deck see a bulge – Alizome – slide down the creature's long throat and disappear beneath the waves, doubtless to its torso and into its stomach.<br/><br/>Its head, freed, looms forward over the deck, seeking its next target, clearly fully prepared to turn in an instant to bite and devour any who attack it – and given the length of the creature's neck, its reach threatens almost the full length of the <span style="font-style: italic">Swiftwind</span> {strictly speaking, there's one five-foot square right at the bows of the ship which is not so threatened – if you choose to stand there and shoot the creature, it will not provoke an opportunity attack. Otherwise almost anything – spellcasting, ranged attacks or moving more than a single five-foot square will provoke such an attack. Melee attacks or charging/approaching  to make a melee attack does not provoke an AOO.}</div></div></div><br/><br/><br/>{Unfortunately, since the creature and you both got to act in the surprise round (and it in fact acted ahead of you) it is not flat-footed (finned?) and so you cannot make a sneak attack.}<br/><br/>The creature barely seems to notice the damage that Alizome's cut has inflicted. There are surely many sharp-fanged fish in the sea, and some of the bite when they're made a meal of. Alizome... is no different. The creature groans as Alizome wiggles and struggles, and she gets the sense that elves, perhaps, taste better than fish. Far, far better. Still, it enjoys you for but a moment, its tongue sliding over to taste rather than tease you, before as it flick of its head to swallow you down, you hear the distant music of your exotic concubine youth, and it is<span style="font-style: italic">those</span>talents that see you slip between its fangs to freedom.<br/><br/>The creature raises its head and snarls, infuriated by the loss of its meal, and attracted by the disturbance of this new, noisy prey. In its experience, noise means distress and makes for an easy meal. It's fangs flash down, sinking through Xarces armor and into<span style="font-style: italic">his</span>flesh {Attack 1d20 (10) + 13 = 23, damage 22}, and it immediately seize him into its mouth {CMB 25, success}. Given the length of the creature's neck, there's a good chance that any ranged attack or spell from the deck will provoke an attack of opportunity.<br/><br/>{Creature running damage total: 5<br/>Alizome: 23<br/>Xarces: 22<br/>Acted surprise round: Creature, Alizome, Linda still to act<br/>Acted first round: Creature, Alizome, everyone else still to act (recall that if you are below deck it is a full-round action to reach the deck)}.<br/>Digestion status: Xarces in creature's mouth.