To "grapple" is to wrestle — engaging in unarmed, nonlethal combat where the goal is often to incapacitate, restrain, or pin rather than kill one's opponent.
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Can a creature use rake when you can't win a grapple check?
Creature A grapples creature B. Creature B has Rake. Creature B attempts to rake creature A.
Can you rake when you did not start the grapple, and can't win a grapple check?
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In this case, ...
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Is there a way to eliminate opponents through grappling?
I am playing a monk in our Oriental Adventures campaign, and recently we had a situation where another player was grappling a wu jen spell caster. We thought about breaking her neck to quickly get rid ...
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What kind of action is rake?
Rake descriptions are annoyingly unclear.
Does winning a grapple check let you rake immediately as a free/triggered/no action, or
Is winning a grapple check simply a prerequisite for being able to ...
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What simplified house rule grappling systems exist for AD&D 2nd edition?
I've heard horror stories about various methods of resolving grappling attacks, and I've been in situations like that before. The grappling system in many games is so broken it's a long-running joke. ...
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Can a horse start a grapple?
I know it defies suspension of disbelief, but what official rule can I show a rules lawyer player that "proves" a horse can't start a grapple?
If the answer needs to distinguish between animal ...
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Grappling interactions with Greater Grapple
A question came up at my last Pathfinder game: If a character has Greater Grapple, does it become possible to grapple and pin an opponent in one round? ( not tie up, though. That'd be 3 checks. )
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What does “Pinned and Helpless” mean when an opponent has been successfully pinned?
I have a player that has pinned an opponent. What actions may third parties, other characters, take against this pinned individual? Do they still need to roll to hit? Do they get bonuses?
The "Pinned ...
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How can I grapple someone?
I was reading the Player's Handbook I of D&D 4e and couldn't find any mention of grapple.
How does grapple work, if at all? Please give examples.
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How does lunge interact with grapple or trip?
The Lunge feat allows you to extend your reach by five feet. Can Lunge be used to extend the reach of a grapple attempt? Can it be used to extend the reach of a trip attempt? If either case is true, ...
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Does being grappled provide sneak attack opportunities?
Last night, some people thought that the Grappled condition should make a character vulnerable to sneak attack, but my reading of Grappled was that it imposed a dexterity penalty, but does not deny ...
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Can you Channel Energy while Grappled?
Can a Cleric (or other character with the Channel Energy class feature) Channel Energy while grappled?
I read through the entry, and I did not see anything similar to a spell's concentration check, ...
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How does a Cloaker's Engulf ability work?
From the 3.5 SRD,
A cloaker can try to wrap a Medium or smaller creature in its body as
a standard action. The cloaker attempts a grapple that does not
provoke an attack of opportunity. If it ...
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Attacking a grappled/grappling character
The Pathfinder system has improved rules for handling grappling but I ran into a situation where a character was grappled and another character wanted to hit the grappling monster with a melee attack. ...
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Does Improved Grapple Increase CMD against escape?
I'm learning the PF grappling rules, and was inspecting the Improved Grapple feat (D20PFSRD). It states
You also receive a +2 bonus to your Combat Maneuver Defense whenever an opponent tries to ...
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Who gets the “grappled” condition when multiple grapplers participate?
In our group, we are having problems with D&D 3.5's grappling rules (no wonder), so I tried to find out how Pathfinder handles that situation. The rules are much better and more clear, yet I still ...
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Are there any rules for wrestling / submissions aside from grappling?
I'm DMing a paperless campaign loosely based on the d&d 3.5 ruleset. One of my players wanted to play a wrestler (a la Hulk Hogan). As of now I've been winging it but, even through this particular ...
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How does Grapple interact with Attacks?
I grapple a guy and am able to hold him down. The rule in the book says a grappled enemy can't do anything unless he beats the grapple. Does this mean that if members of my party attack him he doesn't ...
