Combat Maneuvers/Grapple

Action: standard action
Target: one opponent
Attack of Opportunity: yes
Feats: Unarmed Combatant, Greater Grapple

You attempt to grapple a foe, hindering his combat options.

Grappling without penalty requires two or more free hands. Grappling with one hand gives a –4 penalty on the combat maneuver roll.

If successful, both you and the target gain the Grappled condition. If you successfully grapple a creature that is not adjacent to you, move that creature to an adjacent open space (if no space is available, your grapple fails).

Although both creatures have the grappled condition, you can, as the creature that initiated the grapple (the grappler), release the grapple as a free action, removing the condition from both you and the target. To maintain hold on the opponent, the grappler must use at least one hand at all times.

Counter-Grappling: If you perform the Grapple combat maneuver while in a Grapple, on a success you become the grappler and may decide whether to maintain the grapple, or release it. If your opponent is grappling you with only one hand, you receive a +4 bonus on your check.

Multiple Creatures: You can be the grappler of no more creatures than you have free hands. Any number of creatures can grapple you, as long as they can stand adjacent to you. You can attempt to perform the Grapple combat maneuver against multiple creatures at the same time. This imposes a -4 penalty for each additional creature. If you end up being the grappler of more creatures than you have free hands, you must immediately release the grapple on the excess creatures. This may be useful in cases where you are merely attempting to escape the grapple.

Hands: Any grasping appendage counts as a hand. Some monsters may count their body as one or more grasping appendages. Use common sense.