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<blockquote data-quote="Bagpuss" data-source="post: 3297447" data-attributes="member: 3987">I think as written you can only grapple one opponent and once you've grappled them you can't attack (and therefore can't grapple) anyone else, you can only attack the opponent you have grappled. But there are countless examples of creatures that seem to break the grappling rules without any special rules to say how or why.Yet the <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/octopusGiant.htm" target="_blank">Octopus, Giant</a> discription states.But if it's grappling it doesn't threaten so can't make an attack of opportunity.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> Technically while an octopus has 8 tentacles, as soon as it successfully grapples someone with one of them he can only attack that person, since the list of actions available while grappling only list attacks on grappled opponents, not other enemies.This doesn't really fit with the traditional fantasy view of a giant octopus attacking a ship.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bagpuss, post: 3297447, member: 3987"] I think as written you can only grapple one opponent and once you've grappled them you can't attack (and therefore can't grapple) anyone else, you can only attack the opponent you have grappled. But there are countless examples of creatures that seem to break the grappling rules without any special rules to say how or why. Yet the [url=http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/octopusGiant.htm]Octopus, Giant[/url] discription states. But if it's grappling it doesn't threaten so can't make an attack of opportunity. :confused: Technically while an octopus has 8 tentacles, as soon as it successfully grapples someone with one of them he can only attack that person, since the list of actions available while grappling only list attacks on grappled opponents, not other enemies. This doesn't really fit with the traditional fantasy view of a giant octopus attacking a ship. [/QUOTE]

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