Jade Regent - OOC

[Lotofsnow]

Yep.

Your enemy can also roll on his turn to break away.

[Phil]

Yep, at +5 bonus.  On his turn he'd likely attempt to break the grapple, however, though he needs to use an action to do so, further reducing his ability to do anything useful.

[SteveRogers]

Yep, at +5 bonus.  On his turn he'd likely attempt to break the grapple, however, though he needs to use an action to do so, further reducing his ability to do anything useful.

+5 in addition to the modifier I already have for Grapple (making it +10 total)?  Or just +5 again as with the initial grapple?

[Phil]

+10 total.  Basically its easier to keep someone in a headlock than it is to put them there :).

If your target does not break the grapple, you get a +5 circumstance bonus on grapple checks made against the same target in subsequent rounds.

[Lotofsnow]

Grapple can be a lot of fun. Works both ways, too. Send a horde of goblins at the fighter, and while most will likely fail their grapple, if just one grabs on, things become a bit easier for the goblins.

[SteveRogers]

So if I'm early in iniative and successfully grapple this guy, then it'll be way easier for you guys to pound him?   8)

[Lotofsnow]

A grappled creature is restrained by a creature, trap, or effect. Grappled creatures cannot move and take a –4 penalty to Dexterity. A grappled creature takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls and combat maneuver checks, except those made to grapple or escape a grapple. In addition, grappled creatures can take no action that requires two hands to perform. A grappled character who attempts to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability must make a concentration check (DC 10 + grappler's CMB + spell level), or lose the spell. Grappled creatures cannot make attacks of opportunity.

A grappled creature cannot use Stealth to hide from the creature grappling it, even if a special ability, such as hide in plain sight, would normally allow it to do so. If a grappled creature becomes invisible, through a spell or other ability, it gains a +2 circumstance bonus on its CMD to avoid being grappled, but receives no other benefit.

http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/conditions#TOC-Grappled

A little.

[Phil]

The dex penalty would lower its AC a tad, best case it'd be a 10% better chance of being hit by a regular attack. 

But yeah, mostly what you'd be doing is making it have a hard time hurting us.  If it doesn't break the grapple, any attack would need to be one handed, and have an attack penalty.  And any spell would have a chance of failing completely.  It also can't escape, if that's its plan.

If it does spend a standard action breaking the grapple, you've basically made it waste its turn, since now it can't attack or cast most spells.

It's a reasonably well balanced ability, IMO.  At least from what I've seen of it.

[SteveRogers]

It also allows S'Vith to be relatively non-violent.  Within the confines of his career path of course.   ;)

[TheTick]

I will resolve all of this later tonight - elemental ray from Horcrust included.

[Lotofsnow]

It also allows S'Vith to be relatively non-violent.  Within the confines of his career path of course.   ;)

If you want to go all out with that, you could even choose to do unarmed, subdual damage instead of lethal damage with your attacks.

[TheTick]

All this monk talk makes me want to play my Drunken Master I built.  Maybe I could mix him in as a villain somewhere...

[Lotofsnow]

Up next is surprise round, right?

[SteveRogers]

Up next is surprise round, right?

That's been my understanding.

[Porteiro]

Sorry that I haven't checked in before now today.  I had a 4-hour meeting in the middle of the day.  The time before that was spent preparing for it, and the time after was spent recovering.  Then I was late taking my daughter to violin practice....