"snatching" enchantment [Archive] - Wizards Community

"snatching" enchantment [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Nitneuq Onitnarat
03-18-05, 03:24 PM Is this enchantment balanced? I'm making it for a gargantuan boss who needs to be able to grab mediums with his mancatchers (he's multiarmed so he carries two catchers).

Snatching: A mancatcher, pincer staff, or other weapon which allows a grapple to be made on a successful hit can be enchanted with the snatching enchantment. A weapon with the snatching enchantment can grapple creatures of up to one size category larger than itself or any number of sizes larger (so a medium sized character with a medium sized mancatcher can grapple creatures below large size.). +1 bonus (this is what the boss will have.).

Snatching[improved]: As snatching, but the weapon may grapple creatures up to two sizes larger, it also provides a +2 bonus on grapple checks. +2 bonus (maybe 3?).

also what other weapons can grapple opponents?
Xantar
03-18-05, 04:33 PM I would say this is fairly balanced, however I would say it should give a +1 to grapple instead of +2, and I think I would pay a total of +3 for the tow together so keeping the second one at 2 is ok, well, at least to me.
kjenks
03-18-05, 08:30 PM For a boss, have one of his minions cast Entangling Staff (CV) -- a swift action 3rd level Druid spell. No new rules to invent. Stacks well with Spikes spell (CD) and Greater Magic Weapon (PH). Notice that the DAMAGE bonus on Spikes is unnamed so it stacks with the enhancement bonus from GMW.

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Nitneuq Onitnarat 03-18-05, 03:24 PM	Is this enchantment balanced? I'm making it for a gargantuan boss who needs to be able to grab mediums with his mancatchers (he's multiarmed so he carries two catchers). Snatching: A mancatcher, pincer staff, or other weapon which allows a grapple to be made on a successful hit can be enchanted with the snatching enchantment. A weapon with the snatching enchantment can grapple creatures of up to one size category larger than itself or any number of sizes larger (so a medium sized character with a medium sized mancatcher can grapple creatures below large size.). +1 bonus (this is what the boss will have.). Snatching[improved]: As snatching, but the weapon may grapple creatures up to two sizes larger, it also provides a +2 bonus on grapple checks. +2 bonus (maybe 3?). also what other weapons can grapple opponents?
Xantar 03-18-05, 04:33 PM	I would say this is fairly balanced, however I would say it should give a +1 to grapple instead of +2, and I think I would pay a total of +3 for the tow together so keeping the second one at 2 is ok, well, at least to me.
kjenks 03-18-05, 08:30 PM	For a boss, have one of his minions cast Entangling Staff (CV) -- a swift action 3rd level Druid spell. No new rules to invent. Stacks well with Spikes spell (CD) and Greater Magic Weapon (PH). Notice that the DAMAGE bonus on Spikes is unnamed so it stacks with the enhancement bonus from GMW.