Grapple
AP Cost: 4
To initiate a grapple, you must first Grab your opponent (which Presents an Opening). Despite the name, you do not have to have a hand free to initiate a grab for grappling, though you do take a -4 if you have no hands free. If you already have a grab, ignore this step.
Assuming the grab is successful, you and your opponent make opposed grapple checks. Your attack bonus on a grapple check is:
- Base attack bonus + Strength modifier + special size modifier
Colossal +16, Gargantuan +12, Huge +8, Large +4, Medium +0, Small -4, Tiny -8, Diminutive -12, Fine -16.
If the grapple is successful, you and your opponent now share a hex and you are now grappling. If you fail, you may maintain your grab as usual. Both of you are now Open and denied your Dexterity to defense, except against each other.
Continuing a Grapple
If a grapple is in progress, each round a new grapple check may be made. This is made at the beginning of the round. If the defender wins, they may either leave the grapple or become the grappler themselves and force their opponent into defender position.
If the attacker wins, they may make a second grapple check to pin their opponent, also at the beginning of the round. If this is successful, the defender is now pinned.
Actions while Grappling
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Activate a Magic Item - You can activate a magic item, as long as the item doesn’t require spell completion activation. You don’t need to make a grapple check to activate the item.
Attack Your Opponent - You can make an attack with an unarmed strike, natural weapon, or light weapon against another character you are grappling. You take a -4 penalty on such attacks.
You can’t attack with two weapons while grappling, even if both are light weapons.
Crush In a grapple you may attempt to crush your opponent. If you win an opposed grapple check, you deal 1d3 sublethal damage. Unlike normal, your constitution does not apply as DR against this sublethal damage.
Draw a Light Weapon You can draw a light weapon with a successful grapple check.
Move You can move half your speed (bringing all others engaged in the grapple with you) by winning an opposed grapple check. This requires a standard action, and you must beat all the other individual check results to move the grapple. If you are moving a pinned opponent (see below), you get a +4 on this check.
Use Opponent’s Weapon If your opponent is holding a light weapon, you can use it to attack him. Make an opposed grapple check (in place of an attack). If you win, make an attack roll with the weapon with a -4 penalty (doing this doesn’t require another action).
You don’t gain possession of the weapon by performing this action.
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Pinned
Much like a grapple, each round opposed grapple checks must be made to hold or break the pin. This is also at the beginning of the round. If the defender wins, the pin is broken and the two are grappling as normal. If the pinner wins, the pin is maintained.
While pinned, the defender becomes open and is denied Dexterity to defense. They cannot take any actions until they break the pin.
The attacker is open and denied dexterity to all others, but may choose to negate this by breaking the pin and leaving the grapple at any time. While pinning, the attacker may make attacks with an unarmed strike or light weapon as normal. Any other attacks may be attempted but take at least a -4 penalty, and the GM may rule that they are impossible. If wished, the pinner may stop the defender from speaking as a free action.
Group Grapple
If two or more characters are already grappling, you may join them at any time by making a grab attack at any of them (which leaves you open, but not to them). If you succeed you have joined the grapple.
In a group grapple, everything is relative. You are considered an attacker to all those with lower grapple checks and a defender to all those with lower checks. As normal, grapple checks for all in the group are made at the beginning of the round. This serves as a sort of initiative order for pin attempts.
