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<blockquote data-quote="durath" data-source="post: 653060" data-attributes="member: 832"><p>Aw come on Hong. You must not have tried to write up a specialist grappler. I'll give you a quick stat list and see what you think of my grappler. By the way, I have successfully grappled, as in defeated, every type of giant except Storm giants. We are playing in a "against the giants" campaign afterall. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Anyway-my PC(we used a 32 point buy)</p><p></p><p>Barbarian 1, Fighter 2, Cleric 10, Frenzied Berserker 1</p><p></p><p>Str-22</p><p>Dex-10</p><p>Con-16</p><p>Int-8</p><p>Wis-17</p><p>Cha-8</p><p></p><p>Feats-Improved unarmed strike, Improved grapple, Earths Embrace, Power attack, Destructive Rage, Cleave, Intimidating Rage, Leadership, Leadership(yes I took it twice)</p><p></p><p>I have one more feat than normal because my DM house ruled that every PC could have a "blessing" if we also took a curse. The blessing was an extra feat and a +2 to an attribute( I chose strength) while the DM chose our curses(mine was a -4 to sense motive and a -4 to saves vs. illusions-I'm gullible)</p><p></p><p>I also recieved a +2 to my wisdom from a lucky draw off the deck of many things.</p><p></p><p>In any case when my PC is frenzied I have a grapple check of +27(+11 B.A.B., +11 from strength, +5 from Gloves of fearsome grip-from sword&fist) If I use my domain power from the stength domain I can get a grapple check of +32.</p><p></p><p>If I have to wrestle something bigger than size large I cast righteous might and can then wrestle even huge creatures since I am size large with that spell. Even the biggest giants in MM are only size huge and I could still wrestle with most dragons until they reach past the middle age categories.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, my PC is tough but I get my arse knocked all over the place and usually take a lot of damage when I grapple such tough opponents. The main reason I do it is so our party rogues can get their sneak attack damage vs the foe I grapple and this also keeps our foes focused on me rather than people in our party with less HP's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="durath, post: 653060, member: 832"] Aw come on Hong. You must not have tried to write up a specialist grappler. I'll give you a quick stat list and see what you think of my grappler. By the way, I have successfully grappled, as in defeated, every type of giant except Storm giants. We are playing in a "against the giants" campaign afterall. ;) Anyway-my PC(we used a 32 point buy) Barbarian 1, Fighter 2, Cleric 10, Frenzied Berserker 1 Str-22 Dex-10 Con-16 Int-8 Wis-17 Cha-8 Feats-Improved unarmed strike, Improved grapple, Earths Embrace, Power attack, Destructive Rage, Cleave, Intimidating Rage, Leadership, Leadership(yes I took it twice) I have one more feat than normal because my DM house ruled that every PC could have a "blessing" if we also took a curse. The blessing was an extra feat and a +2 to an attribute( I chose strength) while the DM chose our curses(mine was a -4 to sense motive and a -4 to saves vs. illusions-I'm gullible) I also recieved a +2 to my wisdom from a lucky draw off the deck of many things. In any case when my PC is frenzied I have a grapple check of +27(+11 B.A.B., +11 from strength, +5 from Gloves of fearsome grip-from sword&fist) If I use my domain power from the stength domain I can get a grapple check of +32. If I have to wrestle something bigger than size large I cast righteous might and can then wrestle even huge creatures since I am size large with that spell. Even the biggest giants in MM are only size huge and I could still wrestle with most dragons until they reach past the middle age categories. Don't get me wrong, my PC is tough but I get my arse knocked all over the place and usually take a lot of damage when I grapple such tough opponents. The main reason I do it is so our party rogues can get their sneak attack damage vs the foe I grapple and this also keeps our foes focused on me rather than people in our party with less HP's. [/QUOTE]
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