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<blockquote data-quote="Thanee" data-source="post: 7384" data-attributes="member: 478">You need to be able to do a melee attack into the 5' area surrounding you to threaten it.A melee attack is defined in the glossary (orange pages in the back of the PHB) as just about any close combat attack form, including unarmed strikes.So, you should be able to threaten an area unarmed, which would also allow the bard to threaten without a weapon. Of course he can only use the attack form with which he threatens the area.When you make an AoO, you can do anything you could do with a normal attack, so yes, grapple is definitely allowed!Note: Some (many) people play it the way, that a melee attack is an attack performed with a melee weapon, therefore unarmed strikes would not threaten an area.I'm not sure, if there is any official wording on this and what it says.Hope this helps.ByeThanee</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thanee, post: 7384, member: 478"] You need to be able to do a melee attack into the 5' area surrounding you to threaten it. A melee attack is defined in the glossary (orange pages in the back of the PHB) as just about any close combat attack form, including unarmed strikes. So, you should be able to threaten an area unarmed, which would also allow the bard to threaten without a weapon. Of course he can only use the attack form with which he threatens the area. When you make an AoO, you can do anything you could do with a normal attack, so yes, grapple is definitely allowed! Note: Some (many) people play it the way, that a melee attack is an attack performed with a melee weapon, therefore unarmed strikes would not threaten an area. I'm not sure, if there is any official wording on this and what it says. Hope this helps. Bye Thanee [/QUOTE]

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