Attacking grappling people [Archive] - Wizards Community

Attacking grappling people [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Morray
07-10-07, 09:49 AM It's a bit unclear to me if there are any penalties or not for someone to attack a foe who is grappling someone else. I see that the grappled person loses their dexterity but is there any kind of attack/cover penality for the one doing the attacking?
Leilond
07-10-07, 09:53 AM No, any
Only for "ranged attacks" there's the chance to hit everyone in the grapple, rolling at random
But if you melee attack there's no penalty. For this reason Grapplers are good allies of rogues
tafkamhokie
07-10-07, 12:50 PM If you take it one step further, there are considerable bonuses if a foe is grappled and pinned.

Grappled just takes away your dex. Pinned reduces you dex to 0 (so that is an additional -5 to AC) and makes you an additional -4 to your AC. This is basically the old "I'll hold 'em while you hit 'em" maneuver.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Morray 07-10-07, 09:49 AM	It's a bit unclear to me if there are any penalties or not for someone to attack a foe who is grappling someone else. I see that the grappled person loses their dexterity but is there any kind of attack/cover penality for the one doing the attacking?
Leilond 07-10-07, 09:53 AM	No, any Only for "ranged attacks" there's the chance to hit everyone in the grapple, rolling at random But if you melee attack there's no penalty. For this reason Grapplers are good allies of rogues
tafkamhokie 07-10-07, 12:50 PM	If you take it one step further, there are considerable bonuses if a foe is grappled and pinned. Grappled just takes away your dex. Pinned reduces you dex to 0 (so that is an additional -5 to AC) and makes you an additional -4 to your AC. This is basically the old "I'll hold 'em while you hit 'em" maneuver.