

If you’re able to make multiple attacks with the Attack action, this attack Because grappling is done with the Attack action, you can’t grapple as an Opportunity Attack.It is a “special melee attack” which means that it’s done in melee (so you can’t grapple from 30 feet away), and since it’s an attack it interacts with other rules that care about attacks, such as the Barbarian’s Rage and the Invisibility spell.Grappling uses the “Attack” action, and is not its own action.When you want to grab a creature or wrestle with it, you can use the AttackĪction to make a special melee attack, a grapple. You and says “it can’t possibly work like that”, point them here. Gotten your head around this you’ll hopefully never need to read this sectionĪgain, but I promise that it’s worth your time. We’ll need to look beyond the Grapple rules, too, so settle in. Text from the SRD and make sure that we understand exactly what it all To that end, let’s take a look at the rules The RulesĪs with any set of rules, understanding the rules well is key to getting the Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. RPGBOT is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Keep in mind that the state of the meta periodically changes as new source materials are released, and the article will be updated accordingly as time allows.

The advice offered below is based on the current State of the Character Optimization Meta as of when the article was last updated. We also won’t cover Unearthed Arcana content because it’s not finalized, and we can’t guarantee that it will be available to you in your games. We will not include 3rd-party content, including content from DMs Guild, in handbooks for official content because we can’t assume that your game will allow 3rd-party content or homebrew. Blue: Fantastic options, often essential.Red: Bad, useless options, or options whichĪre extremely situational.RPGBOT uses the color coding scheme which has become common among Pathfinder build handbooks, which is simple to understand and easy to read at a glance. Handle the inevitable situation where an enemy grapples you. Math, and look at ways that you can both make grappling work for you and In this article we’ll explore the rules of grappling, do a little bit of

The ability to hold foes in place (especially while they’re prone)Ĭan be a powerful advantage, and having a capable grappler in the party can be Release, and has existed for decades in prior editions of Dungeons andĭragons. Grappling has been a staple tactic of clever players since 5th edition’s
