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<blockquote data-quote="theNater" data-source="post: 5492889" data-attributes="member: 62560"><p>The Grappling Fighter is a great place to go for grabs, although it is a weapon class(meaning that being unarmed while using it will be rough on your damage). With your GM's permission, you might be able to take proficiency in the Monk's Unarmed Strike with a feat; it basically turns your unarmed attack into a longsword.</p><p></p><p>A few other options:</p><p>The Barbarian(from PHB2) is pretty much designed to be a highly instinctive warrior. Charging heedlessly into the thick of the enemies and smashing them to pieces is pretty much what a barbarian is for. It is a weapon user and light on grabs, but at level 1 there is the Blood Bear Rage power in the Primal Power book, which turns a Barbarian into a grabbing machine for one fight per day.</p><p></p><p>The split personality made me think Druid(also from PHB2), with GOD being the humanoid form and DOG being the beast form(reflavored into a behavioral change, rather than a physical one). No weapons needed there. Unfortunately, the first beast form grab I see shows up at level 7(it's called Latch On), but there are a lot of early beast form powers that slow the target; you could reflavor those to be unscientific grabs, with the idea that the enemy is slowed down by you dragging on him or him having to throw you off before he moves.</p><p></p><p>And, of course, unarmed attacks seem to suggest the monk. You'd have to reflavor it heavily and it doesn't appear to have many grabs, but it is pretty serious unarmed melee combat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="theNater, post: 5492889, member: 62560"] The Grappling Fighter is a great place to go for grabs, although it is a weapon class(meaning that being unarmed while using it will be rough on your damage). With your GM's permission, you might be able to take proficiency in the Monk's Unarmed Strike with a feat; it basically turns your unarmed attack into a longsword. A few other options: The Barbarian(from PHB2) is pretty much designed to be a highly instinctive warrior. Charging heedlessly into the thick of the enemies and smashing them to pieces is pretty much what a barbarian is for. It is a weapon user and light on grabs, but at level 1 there is the Blood Bear Rage power in the Primal Power book, which turns a Barbarian into a grabbing machine for one fight per day. The split personality made me think Druid(also from PHB2), with GOD being the humanoid form and DOG being the beast form(reflavored into a behavioral change, rather than a physical one). No weapons needed there. Unfortunately, the first beast form grab I see shows up at level 7(it's called Latch On), but there are a lot of early beast form powers that slow the target; you could reflavor those to be unscientific grabs, with the idea that the enemy is slowed down by you dragging on him or him having to throw you off before he moves. And, of course, unarmed attacks seem to suggest the monk. You'd have to reflavor it heavily and it doesn't appear to have many grabs, but it is pretty serious unarmed melee combat. [/QUOTE]
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