Questions tagged [grapple]
For questions about grappling — wrestling, or engaging in unarmed, nonlethal combat where the goal is often to incapacitate, restrain, or pin rather than kill one's opponent. Some systems may also refer to this as grabbing.
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Astral self monk simic hybrid grapple with its extra appendages
The question is pretty straight forward. Could a simic hybrid with the grappling arms make a long distance unarmed strike with the astral arms, and then bonus action grapple them and hold them in ...
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Does a Battlerager Grapple count as an attack for the purposes of damage resistance/immunities?
Battlerager Armor SCAG p121
When you choose this path at 3rd level, you gain the ability to use
spiked armor as a weapon.
While you are wearing spiked armor and are raging, you can use a bonus
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Is there any way to initiate a grapple from a range?
I like the idea of making a grappling character, but the party I would be making the character for needs some kind of ranged attacker. Is there a way to combine the two concepts and either start ...
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Does an attack still succeed if the target is immune to the condition?
Working on a homebrew for Battleragers, and here's something about their armor that got me thinking:
Battlerager Armor SCAG p121
When you choose this path at 3rd level, you gain the ability to use
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If a Path of the Giant barbarian is grappled, does that count as 'not enough room to grow'?
For example, if my barbarian fairy is grappled by a small or smaller enemy, will raging free me, or is there not enough room to get bigger?
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How does the Corrosive Form (black pudding) damage work?
The corrosive form trait of black pudding (MM page 241) is as follows:
Corrosive Form. A creature that touches the pudding or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 4 (1 d8) acid ...
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Can I grapple someone's mouth shut if they're 2 inches (50.8 mm) tall and I'm 3.3866 mm tall?
First, I'm going to answer why I'm 3.3866 mm tall to answer the foreseeable questions I'll get from this. I'm in a campaign where the party was shrunk down 30 times, making 5 feet equivalent to 2 ...
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Grapple Shove or Shove Grapple?
In D&D 5e which is more efficient?
This came up as a discussion mostly because I've always seen this combo written out as "Grapple+Shove" and maybe it's just because it sounds better ...
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Do you need a free hand to MAINTAIN a grapple in 5e? [duplicate]
Do you need a free hand to MAINTAIN a grapple in 5e?
https://rpgbot.net/dnd5/characters/grapple/
I'm trying to find the RAW definition for this but so far I can't find any confirmation.
I found that ...
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How does a Clinch affect DVs in Scion 1E?
Hero (pg 202) gives the stats for lots of weapons, including the three flavors of unarmed attack, which further includes the Clinch/grapple, the subject of this question. However, instead of listing a ...
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Does being swallowed end a grapple?
If you grapple a creature, then the creature swallows you, is the creature still grappled or does it end the grappled condition?
Scenario: A creature (say, a giant toad) grapples me, then I grapple ...
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Is Aura of Liberation hampered from actually working to escape a grapple or restraint? [duplicate]
The Aura of Liberation feature of the Oath of the Open Sea from Tal’dorei Campaign Setting: Reborn says:
Creatures that are already grappled or restrained when they enter the aura can spend 5 feet of ...
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Was the grab ability nerfed? If so, which version is supposed to be used?
Archives of Nethys lists the Grab ability twice in the Creature Abilities section. The first one says:
Requirements The monster's last action was a success with a Strike
that lists Grab in its damage ...
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Is there a way to grapple as a bonus action without attacking first?
I know there are some ways to grapple as a bonus action (like with the feat Tavern Brawler and the maneuver Grappling Strike), but I was wondering if there was a way to grapple as a bonus action ...
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Intercepting a grappled Bite Swallow attack in place of an ally with Vigilant Guardian: What happens?
Let's use a Giant Toad as an example:
Bite. The target is grappled, escape dc 13 Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the toad can't bite another target
Swallow. The toad makes one ...
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Is a dead creature inside a Shambling Mound still Engulfed?
I was playing in a game where there was a shambling mound and after engulfing a creature and killing it, the creature goes about its turn and engulfs a second person. The DM didn't specify anything ...
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Grappling and disarming - when and why (or why not)?
I wonder if I am missing something or failing to understand the rules. Please, can someone explain to me: When and why should someone use disarming and grappling in a melee fight? Or why not at every ...
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Can Abrupt Jaunt take me out of a grapple?
I have a question after a combat with animated furniture:
I have the ability Abrupt Jaunt
Wizard specialist ability from PHB2:
Abrupt Jaunt (conjuration): You teleport up to 10 feet.
Activating this ...
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Could you grapple a creature with the Thri-Kreen's Secondary Arms?
The secondary arms feature lists a bunch of things your secondary arms can do, but not what they can't. Does this mean that they can do and qualify for anything that requires a free hand or not?
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Can I use Watery Sphere to escape a grapple?
I'm theorizing a use of a spell to get out of grapple/restrain, for potential use in upcoming game. I'm playing a Warforged Artificer/Wizard and have low STR. When I am restrained by a grapple, if I ...
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Will paralyzing a grappler break the grapple?
Assume you're grappled but you have a melee attack that can cause the paralyzed condition. If you successfully paralyze your grappler, will that break the grapple? Paralysis causes someone to be ...
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Does Trox Grappling Appendages stack damage?
I am in a campaign with a trox brawler and am wondering about clarification for the trox ability grabbing appendages. If the trox can maintain grapple and still make an attack roll, does that mean ...
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Can you use two weapon fighting while maintaining a grapple?
Grappling just says you must use at least one free hand to initiate a grapple. But once you have successfully grappled a target, can you then engage in two-weapon fighting against that target? Or do ...
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Do Grapple Checks Ignore or Include attack Modifiers?
Theory Crafting optimization time:
Your attack bonus on a grapple check is:
Base attack bonus + Strength modifier + special size modifier
Is this a complete replacement of the attack modifier system ...
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How does one Calculate Dual Variable Probability?
Or asked another way:
How do we determine the probability of given grapple to succeed?
In DnD 3.5 the grapple mechanic relies on double variable randomness in order to determine success or failure. ...
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Is it a viable tactic to use a flurry of blows monk to mass grapple a single target?
Can anyone help illustrate or explain the statistical advantages or disadvantages in using flurry of blows to make multiple grapple attempts against a target in the hopes of overwhelming them and &...
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Can a Harengon take a grappled creature with them when they use Rabbit Hop?
If a Harengon character grapples a target and then uses Rabbit Hop, can they drag/carry the target with them? If they can, is the distance of the hop halved like regular movement would be?
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Fall damage from being dropped by a Large creature
Simple question this time. Or maybe not.
If I am a Large creature, i.e. over 10 feet tall, I am going to grapple someone and (assuming I succeed) pick them up. If I hold them up to the level of my ...
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Statting a wall-defense military fork
The party is making their way through my 5e conversion of the classic D-series. They are about to come upon a high, battlemented wall being defended by drow troopers armed with military forks.
The ...
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Potential complications from allowing Arms of the Astral Self to interact with Grapple Rules via feats?
Preface
My earlier question led to a definitive RAW answer proving that Arms of the Astral Self can't be used for grappling, even if a feat like Tavern Brawler gave you a grapple check bonus action ...
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Tavern Brawler + Arms of the Astral Self + Grappler = 10' Grapples/Pins?
Am I correct that specific beats general in this use-case, or is there an interaction/exclusion I'm overlooking that prevents this scene from playing as described? If I'm correct, what rules ...
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Moonbeam + grappling to move an enemy in and out in the same turn? [duplicate]
For reference, Moonbeam:
When a creature enters the spell's area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it is engulfed in ghostly flames that cause searing pain, and it must make a ...
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Can Tempestuous Magic break a grapple?
A Storm Sorcerer's Tempestuous Magic allows:
Starting at 1st level, you can use a bonus action on your turn to
cause whirling gusts of elemental air to briefly surround you,
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Does forced movement free someone from telekenesis' grip?
I was thinking about a team that was pushing and pulling folks into hazards. I'm wondering if an eldritch blast that pushes the enemy will synergize with a teammate using the telekenesis spell, or if ...
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In the One D&D Character Origins Playtest, does a grapple end if you shove the grappler away from you?
Say Alice grapples Bob. Bob then shoves Alice and pushes them 5 feet away.
Which of the following occurs?
A. The shove pushes the grappler out of range, breaking the grapple.
B. Alice drags Bob with ...
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Can the Soulmonger's Tentacles grab & drop a creature into lava the same turn?
In the Tomb of Annihilation adventure, one of the last encounters is against the Soulmonger, a cylindric evil artifact suspended over lava by three adamantine struts.
The artifact can defend itself ...
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Can Monks Use Dex to grapple and shove under the One D&D Character Origins UA?
The Character Origins UA makes Grapple and Shove an Unarmed Strike, which makes sense:
UNARMED STRIKE
An Unarmed Strike is a melee attack that involves you using your body to damage,...
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Does the plasmoid's Amorphous trait grant advantage on ability checks made to avoid being grappled?
The Plasmoid's Amorphous trait (from Ch. 1 of the Astral Adventurer's Guide in Spelljammer: Adventures in Space) says, in part:
[...] You have advantage on ability checks you make to initiate or ...
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What happens to a grappler when their haste effect ends? In the air?
This happened last night in our session and we couldn't find a conclusive answer:
An NPC is grappling a polymorphed PC in the air (the PC polymorphed into a Quetzalcoatlus, and we didn't at the time ...
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Does a Shove or a Grapple count as an "unarmed strike" for purposes of a Monk using a bonus action for a martial arts attack?
The Monk's Martial Arts ability says:
When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or a monk weapon on your turn, you can make one unarmed strike as a bonus action.
The Grapple and Shove ...
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Does a bugbear's reach revert to normal between multiple consecutive attacks?
A bugbear's long-limbed trait says
When you make a melee attack on your turn, your reach for it is 5 feet greater than normal.
Suppose the bugbear has multiple attacks on its attack actions and ...
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Can the Echo Knight's Echo's size dictate what it can grapple?
This question assumes your table rules that the echo of the echo knight can grapple. Purely RAW, I would not ask this.
Say you are a medium creature and you want to grapple something gargantuan, like ...
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Does grappling a prone creature effectively create the restrained condition?
I need some clarification. I’m playing a barbarian (5e), Path of the Storm Wielder (Journey to Ragnarok) level 5 as of now. If he uses an attack action to shove an opponent prone (and wins the ...
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Can a grappled creature attack the grappler's appendage if the grappler is out of the grappled creature's reach? [duplicate]
This question has been answered by a Jeremy Crawford tweet here, but it is my understanding that those rulings are not valid here, so I'm hoping to find an answer in the game rules themselves.
To use ...
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Can an Echo Knight's Echo use a weapon with two hands if the Knight is grappling?
I am about to play an Echo Knight in a game, and have been doing my research. The gist of my understanding is that Echoes are unable to make grappling checks, and I am prepared to work with this. The ...
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How are armor spikes used in a grapple?
Armor spikes' page says:
Armor spikes deal extra piercing damage (see “spiked armor” on Table:
Weapons) on a successful grapple attack. The spikes count as a martial
weapon.
Which seems to imply ...
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Can animal companion use grapple in Pathfinder 2e?
Rules of grapple state:
Requirements You have at least one free hand or have your target grappled or restrained. Your target isn't more than one size larger than you.
Obviously, animals don't have ...
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What are the mechanics for attacking a creature grappled by someone else?
I've successfully grappled a creature. What are the mechanics for someone else attacking said creature?
Do they get advantage on the attack?
Is there a higher chance that they hit me?
Or do I just ...
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Can an attacker with Greater Grapple or Rapid Grapple make a full attack action?
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 ...
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Does The Amazing Lightspeed Grapple Relay work, RAW?
Inspired by Does The Amazing Lightspeed Horse work, RAW? I thought up a different exploit and I hope someone can find a RAW flaw in it.
N Medium humanoids have gathered on an arbitrarily long field, ...
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