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<blockquote data-quote="FANGO" data-source="post: 136606" data-attributes="member: 2368"><p>To get a grasp on the huge effect that size has on wrestling, one can look at the different weight categories in human wrestling.&nbsp; The categories are split up into ranges as small as a few pounds, because if you have as little as a 5 or so pound advantage on a guy that can go a long way to helping you beat him.&nbsp; Taken to the extreme, a creature who has a 100+ pound advantage on a human, along with a few more feet for extra leverage, would have a huge bonus to grappling.&nbsp; If an ogre were to grapple a person, then I sincerely doubt that anyone would have a chance to get away (by pure strength, at least...there is still the possibility of wriggling out, which is covered under the rules by an escape artist check).&nbsp; A human who is just as strong as an ogre would have a mediocre chance, possibly, of getting away (through luck or something), but the ogre still has much more leverage, and three feet of height and a couple hundred pounds of mass can go a long way when it comes to pushing things around (especially considering that even a couple inches or pounds can make a drastic difference when it comes to leverage (this is why the tall and/or fat guys are always on the tug o' war team)).&nbsp; It may be harder to grab the faster, smaller etc. creature you're trying to grapple, but once you get a hold there is no question that the larger creature has a massive advantage (more than can be accounted for just by the increased strength of that creature).</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="FANGO, post: 136606, member: 2368"] To get a grasp on the huge effect that size has on wrestling, one can look at the different weight categories in human wrestling. The categories are split up into ranges as small as a few pounds, because if you have as little as a 5 or so pound advantage on a guy that can go a long way to helping you beat him. Taken to the extreme, a creature who has a 100+ pound advantage on a human, along with a few more feet for extra leverage, would have a huge bonus to grappling. If an ogre were to grapple a person, then I sincerely doubt that anyone would have a chance to get away (by pure strength, at least...there is still the possibility of wriggling out, which is covered under the rules by an escape artist check). A human who is just as strong as an ogre would have a mediocre chance, possibly, of getting away (through luck or something), but the ogre still has much more leverage, and three feet of height and a couple hundred pounds of mass can go a long way when it comes to pushing things around (especially considering that even a couple inches or pounds can make a drastic difference when it comes to leverage (this is why the tall and/or fat guys are always on the tug o' war team)). It may be harder to grab the faster, smaller etc. creature you're trying to grapple, but once you get a hold there is no question that the larger creature has a massive advantage (more than can be accounted for just by the increased strength of that creature). [/QUOTE]

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