Can an attacker with Greater Grapple or Rapid Grapple make a full attack action?

Question

This is specifically for Pathfinder 1e.

So, I haven't been able to find the exact answer I'm looking for. I'm a Druid with two ranks in Brawler (technically, it's a home brew Brawler called Beastial Scrapper, but for all practical purposes, I'll call it Brawler here).

I've gone down the grapple rabbit hole. I've got Improved Grapple, as well as Greater Grapple. Because of my dip into Brawler, I can use Martial Flexibility, as well as Flurry of Blows.

My question is this, because I have Greater Grapple, and I get to make 2 grapple checks each round, do I get to do a Full Attack Action if I make both of them? Technically, according to the PFSRD, a "Grappled" character can make a FAA, and the PFSRD also doesn't differentiate between Grappled and Grappler, they are both the same condition.

Here's where it gets interesting. Under normal grappling, if you make your check, you can move, attack, or pin. If you have Greater Grapple, you can make two checks to move, attack, or pin. Technically, you could move twice, which in normal rules would be a double move, or pin, and then tie up, or attack twice, which doesn't really exist in normal rules, as you'd just being using your move and standard action to make a FAA. It really feels like making two grapple checks should add up to a FAA.

Is there anything out there that explicitly states that I can't make two grapple checks to use a FAA? And if so, and it's not allowed, would Rapid Grapple allow for it, since that allows you to make a Swift Action to make a grapple check, therefore still giving you a move and standard action (which together make up a FAA)?

Additionally, I have heard that a Monk can make a Flurry of Blows when Grappled as long as they have 1 hand, and since a Brawler is based on a Monk and has a similar Flurry of Blows, would that mean that my character could do the same?

Lastly, when in Wild Shape, would I be able to make attacks with my natural weapons? I become a Tiger, and I have Rake, so I technically get to make my claw attacks each round. But I'm also looking into becoming a Dragon, and Form of the Exotic Dragon II gives me 6 attacks (Bite, 2 Claws, 2 Wings, Tail). Would I really only be able to attack with two of them in a round if I make both checks? I'm grappling with my claws, probably, what about my wings and tail? Are those appendages just hanging out and doing nothing?

I guess I'm just looking for some sort of general consensus from the community. My GM is pretty fair, but the Grapple rules only account for so much, and there's a lot of ambiguity here. And for the record, I'm loving grapple. I've got a 29 CMB (I'm level 16) for grapple, and a Ring of Freedom of Movement, as well as Powerful Shape. Once I get Form of the Exotic Dragon III I'll be able to grapple a T-Rex, and as far as for RPing goes, it just looks really cool, and my GM is all about good RP.

Answer 1

Answering the action-based question, assuming you mean Pathfinder rules with 3.5e content:

My question is this, because I have Greater Grapple, and I get to make 2 grapple checks each round, do I get to do a Full Attack Action if I make both of them? [...] Technically, you could move twice, which in normal rules would be a double move, or pin, and then tie up, or attack twice, which doesn't really exist in normal rules, as you'd just being using your move and standard action to make a FAA.

No, you can't. First, the ability to move/damage/pin/tie someone as part of the grapple check is not actually granting you an action to use as you see fit. The "move" granted to you is to move up to half of your speed: you can't use the action to stand up, or to draw your weapon, or to take any other action that can be taken using a normal move action. Similarly, the other options do not grant you a generic standard action (even if you used a standard action to make the grapple check). This means that you can't, for instance, use Vital Strike to increase the damage dealt during the damage action as, while you are inflicting damage equivalent to a single attack, you never took the attack action.

It really feels like making two grapple checks should add up to a FAA. [...] Is there anything out there that explicitly states that I can't make two grapple checks to use a FAA?

Second, in many cases the rules don't say what you can't do, they say what you can do. There's a rule saying "you can take a move action in place of a standard action," but there's no rule saying "you can't take a standard action in place a move action." You simply can't do that because there's no rule saying you can. Similarly, there's no rule saying "you can't combine a move action and a standard action into a full-round action": even if this did give you a normal move and standard action, you would not be able to recombine that into a full-round action because there's no rule that allows it. If you have a way to generate a move action (such as the oft-abused Quick Runner's Shirt), you could use that move action in addition to a full-round action.

And if so, and it's not allowed, would Rapid Grapple allow for it, since that allows you to make a Swift Action to make a grapple check, therefore still giving you a move and standard action (which together make up a FAA)?

No, because Rapid Grapple says "whenever you use Greater Grapple to successfully maintain a grapple as a move action, you can then spend a swift action [...]." If this let you make a swift action instead of a move action it would permit it, but by the time Rapid Grapple is granting you the swift action, you've already spent a move action and thus cannot take a full-round action.

Additionally, I have heard that a Monk can make a Flurry of Blows when Grappled as long as they have 1 hand.

You can make a flurry of blows while grappled. You cannot make a flurry of blows while grappling. This is a restriction due to the actions required to initiate/maintain a grapple, not due to the grappled condition in itself.