Big Mind Flayers & improved grab
So, hopefully this is a quick and easy question. (In my normal long-winded style.)
The description of the mind flayer's Improved Grab ability mentions that if it successfully hits with a tentacle attack on a Small, Medium or Large creature it can attempt to start a grapple as a free action. The Monster Manual goes on to say that if the mind flayer can do this to larger creatures, but only if it somehow has a way to reach the foe's head. (Through Levitation, for example.)
It does not mention being able to do this trick to tiny or smaller creatures (maybe stooping down or something), so I assume that it cannot be done and the mind flayer would have to initiate a grapple normally if it wanted to chow down on a toad familiar's brains or something.
So, here's the question: do you take this to mean that the mindflayer can only use improved grab on creatures that are greater than or equal to one step smaller than mind flayer? So, if the mind flayer is shrunk down to Small size, it could use improved grab on a tiny creature, and still be able to try the same trick on a titan (however ill-advised?).
Conversely, if the mind flayer grew to Colossal size (through giant size or some similar spell), would it only be able use Improved Grab on creatures of Gargantuan and large size?
The description of the mind flayer's Improved Grab ability mentions that if it successfully hits with a tentacle attack on a Small, Medium or Large creature it can attempt to start a grapple as a free action. The Monster Manual goes on to say that if the mind flayer can do this to larger creatures, but only if it somehow has a way to reach the foe's head. (Through Levitation, for example.)
It does not mention being able to do this trick to tiny or smaller creatures (maybe stooping down or something), so I assume that it cannot be done and the mind flayer would have to initiate a grapple normally if it wanted to chow down on a toad familiar's brains or something.
So, here's the question: do you take this to mean that the mindflayer can only use improved grab on creatures that are greater than or equal to one step smaller than mind flayer? So, if the mind flayer is shrunk down to Small size, it could use improved grab on a tiny creature, and still be able to try the same trick on a titan (however ill-advised?).
Conversely, if the mind flayer grew to Colossal size (through giant size or some similar spell), would it only be able use Improved Grab on creatures of Gargantuan and large size?