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<blockquote data-quote="JimAde" data-source="post: 1401848" data-attributes="member: 16739">I have a longer-winded answer that comes down to the same thing.&nbsp; Your DM is mistaken.&nbsp; It also sounds like the order of events was odd.&nbsp; Your description sounds like this is what happened:Fighter attacks and misses (apparently the fighter has higher init).Monk uses his two attacks to establish pinEnd of Round 1Opposed grapple check called for by DM (which apparently counted as monk's first attack) fighter wins, escaping grapple entirely (incorrect as Darklone said).Monk's second attack missesFighter attacks (now going last for some reason...delayed action?) and hits.End of combatI think it should have gone like this:Fighter attacks and missesMonk uses his two attacks to establish pinEnd of Round 1Fighter goes first.&nbsp; He can delay if he wants.&nbsp; Let's assume he did.Monk's first attack goes to pinning again.&nbsp; Fighter wins grapple check.&nbsp; Fighter is no longer pinned but is still grappling.Monk's second attack (might or might not hit since there are modifiers for having the opponent pinned).&nbsp; Assume it misses.Fighter gets delayed action.&nbsp; Since he was using a sword he can't attack with it because he's still grappling.&nbsp; He would probably try to use his action to escape the grapple entirely.&nbsp; If he wins, the round ends with nobody grappling and nobody hurt, but now the monk has higher initiative.End of round 2</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JimAde, post: 1401848, member: 16739"] I have a longer-winded answer that comes down to the same thing. Your DM is mistaken. It also sounds like the order of events was odd. Your description sounds like this is what happened: Fighter attacks and misses (apparently the fighter has higher init). Monk uses his two attacks to establish pin End of Round 1 Opposed grapple check called for by DM (which apparently counted as monk's first attack) fighter wins, escaping grapple entirely (incorrect as Darklone said). Monk's second attack misses Fighter attacks (now going last for some reason...delayed action?) and hits. End of combat I think it should have gone like this: Fighter attacks and misses Monk uses his two attacks to establish pin End of Round 1 Fighter goes first. He can delay if he wants. Let's assume he did. Monk's first attack goes to pinning again. Fighter wins grapple check. Fighter is no longer pinned [b]but is still grappling[/b]. Monk's second attack (might or might not hit since there are modifiers for having the opponent pinned). Assume it misses. Fighter gets delayed action. Since he was using a sword he can't attack with it because he's still grappling. He would probably try to use his action to escape the grapple entirely. If he wins, the round ends with nobody grappling and nobody hurt, but now the monk has higher initiative. End of round 2 [/QUOTE]

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