All this is deliberate and makes perfect sense.
Even if you're a monster and a foe, how can you even think you're going to have a good chance of grabbing a holding a dextrous rogue who is specifically trained in acrobatics and has focused on that skill exclusively enough to pass up another ability (feat).
Unless of course, you're a monster who is extremely specialized in grabbing and holding, in which case you'd have your own +8 to your grab defenses. And you'd wipe the floor with everyone in terms of grabbing and holding except for the specially trained rogue, who you'd be about even with.
But a monster who just -happens- to be able to grab people? Grabbing and holding a dextrous rogue etc etc? No. Shouldn't happen, and it's not gonna happen.
It makes perfect sense.
Edit -> If the above doesn't convice you, then think about this: If all this -weren't- the case, how likely is it that we'd have threads right now going to the tune of, "Geez, my rogue has 17 dex, has acrobatics specifically trained, and has actually spent a feat on improving his acrobatics that he could have spent on something else... and he still has a 40% chance of failing to escape a grab?? WTF? Nothing I do makes any difference... the skill system has failed!" Yeah.
Even if you're a monster and a foe, how can you even think you're going to have a good chance of grabbing a holding a dextrous rogue who is specifically trained in acrobatics and has focused on that skill exclusively enough to pass up another ability (feat).
Unless of course, you're a monster who is extremely specialized in grabbing and holding, in which case you'd have your own +8 to your grab defenses. And you'd wipe the floor with everyone in terms of grabbing and holding except for the specially trained rogue, who you'd be about even with.
But a monster who just -happens- to be able to grab people? Grabbing and holding a dextrous rogue etc etc? No. Shouldn't happen, and it's not gonna happen.
It makes perfect sense.
Edit -> If the above doesn't convice you, then think about this: If all this -weren't- the case, how likely is it that we'd have threads right now going to the tune of, "Geez, my rogue has 17 dex, has acrobatics specifically trained, and has actually spent a feat on improving his acrobatics that he could have spent on something else... and he still has a 40% chance of failing to escape a grab?? WTF? Nothing I do makes any difference... the skill system has failed!" Yeah.
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