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<blockquote data-quote="Colder" data-source="post: 6949601" data-attributes="member: 6807965">Pinning is one thing, dragging things around is another matter entirely.&nbsp; The only way I could possibly see the elk &quot;drag&quot; something that isn't completely tangled up in its antlers is to basically bull-rush it, in which case you'd be doing massive amounts of damage to yourself as well.&nbsp; You've basically got a reverse cow-catcher on your face and you're the train.Also, the antlers are so big at that point anything medium or smaller probably wouldn't have any trouble slipping in between them.But that's not even getting into the actual rules.&nbsp; There are two sets of rules for grappling: those in the PHB and the sidebar in the MM.&nbsp; The PHB says you need a free hand to grapple, and the MM sidebar just says that some monsters have attacks that allow them to quickly grapple things.&nbsp; The giant elk has neither.&nbsp; JC later said on Twitter that he'd allow non-humanoids to grapple if they had a bite or an appendage suitable for it, but I don't think that antlers are.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Colder, post: 6949601, member: 6807965"] Pinning is one thing, dragging things around is another matter entirely. The only way I could possibly see the elk "drag" something that isn't completely tangled up in its antlers is to basically bull-rush it, in which case you'd be doing massive amounts of damage to yourself as well. You've basically got a reverse cow-catcher on your face and you're the train. Also, the antlers are so big at that point anything medium or smaller probably wouldn't have any trouble slipping in between them. But that's not even getting into the actual rules. There are two sets of rules for grappling: those in the PHB and the sidebar in the MM. The PHB says you need a free hand to grapple, and the MM sidebar just says that some monsters have attacks that allow them to quickly grapple things. The giant elk has neither. JC later said on Twitter that he'd allow non-humanoids to grapple if they had a bite or an appendage suitable for it, but I don't think that antlers are. [/QUOTE]

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