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geldria 04-06-07, 03:50 PM	does a thrikeen gain any bonuses to grapple cause he has 4 arms ? example i am a thrikeen monk. 6/monk - 2/thrikeen 8th level charector. i have the multiattack feat so befor i even take a level of monk i have 5 attacks bit being -5 to hit. 1)my DM says it is wrong that when grappled i cannot use all five of my attacks to break the grapple assuming i fail to beak the grapple each attack on my turn. 2) says i get no bonus's for either grappling or opposed grapple checks. 3) when viewing TRIP feat a for legged creature gets a +4 bonus to being triped +2 for each extra leg it has. 4) i ask this cause the monster im upgainst has 18 grapple and has me pinned and doing a good ammount of damage to me and i have less then 1/2 my life. also this monster has multiple attacks. and i beive it is unfair to kill me off with out allowing for my extra limbs to prevent such a death. 5) my friend also pointed out that me getting a +4 bonus to resist being grappled also come at the cost of 2 monterous levels and not class levels. are there any legal ways to justify my getting a bonus to resist grapple cause of my 4 limbs, or am i unjustified and should just accept the consequences of running in battle as a normal homanoid with out extra limbs?
mathiu 04-06-07, 05:16 PM	If your base attack bonus allows you multiple attacks, you can attempt one of these actions in place of each of your attacks, but at successively lower base attack bonuses You can’t attack with two weapons while grappling, even if both are light weapons. Escape from Grapple You can escape a grapple by winning an opposed grapple check in place of making an attack. You can make an Escape Artist check in place of your grapple check if you so desire, but this requires a standard action. If more than one opponent is grappling you, your grapple check result has to beat all their individual check results to escape. (Opponents don’t have to try to hold you if they don’t want to.) If you escape, you finish the action by moving into any space adjacent to your opponent(s). Seems like it explicitly states base attack bonus and specifically denies multiple weapon attacks being able to be done. Seeing as escaping from a grapple with a grapple check requires that you give up an attack, multiattack shouldn't help. Though I seem to remember being able to flurry and grapple. Someone confirm or deny?
SD 04-06-07, 10:29 PM	2) Having more than two arms does not increase grapple modifiers. For an example, check the marilith. Or any and all definitions and examples of the thri-kreen, the race you're playing, and see if you can find a single reference to especially high grapple modifiers. 3) Arms are not legs. You are not exceptionally stable for having multiple arms. Your DM may opt to waive this if you are using your extra arms to move, giving up any attacks with those hands and any manipulation such as holding objects. 4) I know, and an Int bonus should totally help too. 5) ...wait, what? Also, thri-kreen has an ECL of 3 (2 HD, +1 LA). A 6th-level thri-kreen monk is a 9th-level character.