But if we cut the tentacles, it will be able to attack with even more since he will never cap on active tentacles.<br/>Also with 3 tentacles on Lyra, we'd need to use at leats 3 character's worth of actions to free her, if we all hit and cut one, which is not guaranteed. She'd still have only one spell or attack even then to compensate, and for as far as we know, the monster could make 4 separate grapples on its next turn. So we'd need a way to make multiple attacks a round, free attacks, or area effects to help allies who are held by more tentacles for this to work, but area effects would also affect the ally in the grapple. (Cleave should work as long as Tess can get some hits in).<br/>From what I've seen so far, there is no point in taking single target damage classes and abilites, or anything relying on armor for that matter. If they are indeed ruined by the 'stripping' process and need repair to be worn after that is. Hp/ahegao can be restored by a simple spell or effect, so they are a much more reliable resource.