Can you initiate a grapple with a whip? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Can you initiate a grapple with a whip? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
danzibr
10-08-07, 02:01 PM I know you're supposed to do a melee touch attack to grab hold, then do opposed grapple checks, but someone told me you can basically wrap an opponent up in your whip to start a grapple.

Any way to do this?

Thanks in advance.

Dan
annoyinglizardvoice
10-08-07, 04:18 PM I think that you can use the whip's reach to make the touch attack, rather than your own (I assume your talking about a long bullwhip sort of thing).
bone_naga
10-08-07, 07:09 PM I agree, use the whip to make a ranged touch attack. However, if your opposed roll fails, give the target a free disarm attempt instead of letting him attempt to grapple you (since in this case there would be none of the usual back and forth stuff that you might see in wrestling, either the whip wraps him up or it didn't and you can try again next attack).

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
danzibr 10-08-07, 02:01 PM	I know you're supposed to do a melee touch attack to grab hold, then do opposed grapple checks, but someone told me you can basically wrap an opponent up in your whip to start a grapple. Any way to do this? Thanks in advance. Dan
annoyinglizardvoice 10-08-07, 04:18 PM	I think that you can use the whip's reach to make the touch attack, rather than your own (I assume your talking about a long bullwhip sort of thing).
bone_naga 10-08-07, 07:09 PM	I agree, use the whip to make a ranged touch attack. However, if your opposed roll fails, give the target a free disarm attempt instead of letting him attempt to grapple you (since in this case there would be none of the usual back and forth stuff that you might see in wrestling, either the whip wraps him up or it didn't and you can try again next attack).