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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 2743605" data-attributes="member: 1656">You're grappling, and you're also pinned.  Any reference to escaping or breaking a pin notes that you are no longer pinned, but you are still grappling.  You don't stop being pinned and start grappling instead; rather, you stop being pinned, but do not stop grappling.Someone who is pinning an opponent still loses his Dex bonus to AC against others; he is grappling.  If you attack someone who is pinning or pinned with a ranged weapon, there's a chance to hit the wrong target; they are grappling.Note that one of the things a pinning character can do is 'move the grapple'.Hence my questions earlier.  Can I load a crossbow?  Retrieve a potion?Not an action, and thus not restricted by the list of allowable actions.  No problem. Not an action.  Go ahead.An action that's not on the list.  Can you lower you spell resistance while grappling?  If so, can I load a crossbow?Not an action.True - Delay looks fine, unlike Ready.They're restricted to certain actions.  Unlike the paralyzed condition, no mention is made of an exception for purely mental actions.Entering a Rage is not defined as an action, though it can only be performed on one's turn.  As you noted with Delay - non-actions aren't restricted.Not an action.The automatic gaze attack - still works fine.  The targeted gaze that requires an attack action?  It's not an attack with a light weapon, which is the only attack action permitted while grappling, so yes, she loses that while grappling.Not an action.Not an action.But the list of actions you can perform in a grapple does prevent you taking actions that aren't on the list.-Hyp.</blockquote>

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