kreynolds
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Thels said:I think the deal here is that True Strike already was casted successfully before he went into combat.
From my point of view, it doesn't matter when the spell was cast at all, as a grapple check is not an attack. It is the result of a grab. From the FAQ...
When you roll to confirm a critical, you use whatever bonuses applied to the attack roll that made the threat, no matter where those bonuses came from.
   True strike affects only one attack. (Rolling to confirm a critical is not a separate attack for this purpose.) If you make multiple attacks in a round, your bonus from true strike applies only to the first attack you make, no matter how you managed to get multiple attacks.
The way I read that, if the fighter with true strike is the one that started the grapple, then he would indeed get the +20 bonus to his check. I don't know if that's the way you're supposed to do it, but that's the way I've done it in the past (only came up once or twice). Anyhow, since the fighter didn't start the grapple, and since the grapple check is not an attack (it's a _check_), then I wouldn't give the bonus.
That's just me though.
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