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<blockquote data-quote="Ferghis" data-source="post: 5655141" data-attributes="member: 40483">One of the ways I'm finding myself making this decision is by determining whether I should apply my imagined limitations to what I think a power is doing, or I should use ONLY the language printed in the books. In pondering this train of thought I asked myself if the character could grab more than two enemies, and if so, what number I would limit it at. I realize that PC grabs must be sustained and so there are economy-of-action limitations, but for this thought-experiment, let's use grab attack that's listed under the Jhakar Trapjaw - a small natural beast (reptile), which has no sustain requirement, and is also the creature's MBA: the name of the attack is &quot;Bite.&quot; There is no text limiting the number of targets the creature can grab with its attack. Would you, as a DM, allow it to grab a second target with that attack if a first target was still grabbed? If yes, how about a third one? Any number of targets? I know I'd limit it to one grabbed target at a time. It just makes sense to me. And I'm not upset if others would do otherwise, but, at some point, the game is trying to make sense in my imagination. And if I don't add that limitation, I guess it doesn't make sense to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ferghis, post: 5655141, member: 40483"] One of the ways I'm finding myself making this decision is by determining whether I should apply my imagined limitations to what I think a power is doing, or I should use ONLY the language printed in the books. In pondering this train of thought I asked myself if the character could grab more than two enemies, and if so, what number I would limit it at. I realize that PC grabs must be sustained and so there are economy-of-action limitations, but for this thought-experiment, let's use grab attack that's listed under the Jhakar Trapjaw - a small natural beast (reptile), which has no sustain requirement, and is also the creature's MBA: the name of the attack is "Bite." There is no text limiting the number of targets the creature can grab with its attack. Would you, as a DM, allow it to grab a second target with that attack if a first target was still grabbed? If yes, how about a third one? Any number of targets? I know I'd limit it to one grabbed target at a time. It just makes sense to me. And I'm not upset if others would do otherwise, but, at some point, the game is trying to make sense in my imagination. And if I don't add that limitation, I guess it doesn't make sense to me. [/QUOTE]

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