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One of my player'splayers and I differed on how we interpreted the ChuulChuul's multiattack the other night. Below is the MM text:

Multiattack. The chuul makes two pincer attacks. If the chuul is grappling a creature, the chuul can also use its tentacles once.

If a Chuul grapples a creature as a result of its Multiattack, can it make a tentacle attack on the same turn?

The situation was as follows:

The chuul attacked player A with its first pincer attack and missed. It attacked A with its second pincer attack and hit, thus grappling A. I ruled that the tentacle attack could occur on the chuul's next turn if A were still grappled. The(The other possible ruling is that the tentacle attack can now occur on the chuul's current turn.)

My thinking is that a Multiattack is one action, and that the "If the chuul is grappling..." is a prerequisite condition to the action that must be met to grant the tentacle attack. The wording of "grappling", as opposed to "grapples", means that the chuul must be currently grappling the target before the Multiattack action is taken.

Is my interpretationWhich is the correct interpretation?

One of my player's and I differed on how we interpreted the Chuul's multiattack the other night. Below is the MM text:

Multiattack. The chuul makes two pincer attacks. If the chuul is grappling a creature, the chuul can also use its tentacles once.

The situation was as follows:

The chuul attacked player A with its first pincer and missed. It attacked A with its second pincer and hit, thus grappling A. I ruled that the tentacle attack could occur on the chuul's next turn if A were still grappled. The other possible ruling is that the tentacle attack can now occur on the chuul's current turn.

My thinking is that a Multiattack is one action, and that the "If the chuul is grappling..." is a prerequisite condition to the action that must be met to grant the tentacle attack. The wording of "grappling" as opposed to "grapples" means that the chuul must be currently grappling the target before the Multiattack action is taken.

Is my interpretation correct?

One of my players and I differed on how we interpreted the Chuul's multiattack the other night. Below is the MM text:

Multiattack. The chuul makes two pincer attacks. If the chuul is grappling a creature, the chuul can also use its tentacles once.

If a Chuul grapples a creature as a result of its Multiattack, can it make a tentacle attack on the same turn?

The situation was as follows:

The chuul attacked player A with its first pincer attack and missed. It attacked A with its second pincer attack and hit, thus grappling A. I ruled that the tentacle attack could occur on the chuul's next turn if A were still grappled. (The other possible ruling is that the tentacle attack can occur on the chuul's current turn.)

My thinking is that a Multiattack is one action, and that the "If the chuul is grappling..." is a prerequisite condition to the action that must be met to grant the tentacle attack. The wording of "grappling", as opposed to "grapples", means that the chuul must be currently grappling the target before the Multiattack action is taken.

Which is the correct interpretation?

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If a Chuul grapples a creature as a result of its Multiattack, can it make a tentacle attack on the current turn or does it have to wait until its nextsame turn?

One of my player's and I differed on how we interpreted the Chuul'sChuul's multiattack the other night. Below is the MM text:

Multiattack. The chuul makes two pincer attacks. If the chuul is grappling a creature, the chuul can also use its tentacles once.

The situation was as follows:

The chuul attacked player A with its first pincer and missed. It attacked A with its second pincer and hit, thus grappling A. I ruled that the tentacle attack cancould occur on the chuul's next chuul turn if A iswere still grappled. The other possible ruling is that the tentacle attack can occur now inoccur on the chuul's current chuul turn.

My thinking is that a multiattackMultiattack is one action, and that the "If the chuul is grappling..." is a prerequisite condition to the action that must be met to grant the tentacle attack. The wording of "grappling" as opposed to "grapples" means that the chuul must be currently grappling the target before the multiattackMultiattack action is taken.

Is that amy interpretation correct?

If a Chuul grapples a creature, can it tentacle attack on the current turn or does it have to wait until its next turn?

One of my player's and I differed on how we interpreted the Chuul's multiattack the other night. Below is the MM text:

Multiattack. The chuul makes two pincer attacks. If the chuul is grappling a creature, the chuul can also use its tentacles once.

The situation was as follows:

The chuul attacked player A with its first pincer and missed. It attacked A with its second pincer and hit thus grappling A. I ruled the tentacle attack can occur on the next chuul turn if A is still grappled. The other ruling is that the tentacle attack can occur now in the current chuul turn.

My thinking is that a multiattack is one action and that the "If the chuul is grappling..." is a prerequisite condition to the action that must be met to grant the tentacle attack. The wording of "grappling" as opposed to "grapples" means currently grappling before the multiattack action is taken.

Is that a correct?

If a Chuul grapples a creature as a result of its Multiattack, can it make a tentacle attack on the same turn?

One of my player's and I differed on how we interpreted the Chuul's multiattack the other night. Below is the MM text:

Multiattack. The chuul makes two pincer attacks. If the chuul is grappling a creature, the chuul can also use its tentacles once.

The situation was as follows:

The chuul attacked player A with its first pincer and missed. It attacked A with its second pincer and hit, thus grappling A. I ruled that the tentacle attack could occur on the chuul's next turn if A were still grappled. The other possible ruling is that the tentacle attack can now occur on the chuul's current turn.

My thinking is that a Multiattack is one action, and that the "If the chuul is grappling..." is a prerequisite condition to the action that must be met to grant the tentacle attack. The wording of "grappling" as opposed to "grapples" means that the chuul must be currently grappling the target before the Multiattack action is taken.

Is my interpretation correct?

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If a Chuul grapples a creature, can it tentacle attack on the current turn or does it have to wait until its next turn?

One of my player's and I differed on how we interpreted the Chuul's multiattack the other night. Below is the MM text:

Multiattack. The chuul makes two pincer attacks. If the chuul is grappling a creature, the chuul can also use its tentacles once.

The situation was as follows:

The chuul attacked player A with its first pincer and missed. It attacked A with its second pincer and hit thus grappling A. I ruled the tentacle attack can occur on the next chuul turn if A is still grappled. The other ruling is that the tentacle attack can occur now in the current chuul turn.

My thinking is that a multiattack is one action and that the "If the chuul is grappling..." is a prerequisite condition to the action that must be met to grant the tentacle attack. The wording of "grappling" as opposed to "grapples" means currently grappling before the multiattack action is taken.

Is that a correct?