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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 7190558" data-attributes="member: 13107">Unescapable grapples are a 3E problem that PathFinder inherited.  BAB + Str + Size + Improved Grab, with Str usually going up with size, makes for impossible grapple values.  High level play requires that players prepare a means to cope.3E is rife with this type of problem.  Skills have been mentioned already.  Saving throws have a similar problem.DMs also have to be careful designing encounters, too: Encounter difficulty can be much higher than indicated by just looking at the monster numbers.  For example, opening a door and losing initiative to a hostile Gorillion just on the other side.  A pack of 20 harpies.  Shadows underwater.Thx!TomB</blockquote>