Recent content by amphoterik

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Well, I suppose it says that I can replace an attack action with another action that has a grapple check, not make an attack with my grapple check. For instance, making a grapple check to draw an item is hardly me attacking my opponent. Therefore I could argue that while I am using up an attack...

Yep, that response is certainly called for. Thank you. Look, I'm not an idiot. I realize that this probably doesn't work (though it actually does RAW, but I'm not arguing that). My thought process was less on the "teeheehee, I'm so smert, I'm gonna break this game" and more on the "yes, I am...

Well, I don't actually believe not wearing the equipment grants me the bonus. I would be wearing the weapon on my arms like intended, but since I am a monk, I would not be using it for my normal attacks. I assume my char would use them for the grappling portion, not the attack portion. Also...

Hello everyone, I was wondering if you need a weapon proficiency to gain the special abilities of a weapon. Specifically, I am looking at the Scorpion Claws from Sandstorm. They are an exotic weapon that grants +4 to grapple. Unlike the spiked chain which says something to the effect of...

What do you mean?

DM is making an alignment allowance based on my story line for my character. For Fist of the Forest, I just can't buy food or sleep in doors. I can work around that. Usually my buddy plays a druid so we follow those rules anyway (just cause he wants to, not cause he has to)

Heh, I won't lie, I lost it when I saw the Wayne Brady choker template.

But I don't want to be a dragoon. I want to be a grappler.

Yes, I agree. Though the DM did reduce down a few of the abilities and the armor. Still, very good. I really took it mostly for the character flavor. Everything else is gravy.

OK, I think that is where we are diverging. I am reading improved grab straight from the feral template which doesn't have the line you bolded in your statement above. In the feral template I am reading (and the DM approved the abilities I have even though I don't have the racial HD, they just...

I know those sites have a lot of information. I am asking about your opinions here given my specific character. I have read all of that before.

Wyvernhand it then seems to me that I would get both. Since I get to do unarmed damage by hurting my opponent, and I just so happen to get claw damage whenever I win a grapple check. Are you saying I don't get to do both in the turn I use grab, or any turn? Also, what about when I don't use...

Hello everyone, I am making a feral (savage species) human monk (level 1). I am allowed to take 2 flaws. My focus will be on grappling and I intend to make a monk / barbarian / black blood cultist / fist of the forest. I am having problems picking my last feast though. So far, I have improved...

Awesome everyone. Thanks!