Blinking out of grapple?

Black Leviathan · 04-15-2019, 12:00 PM

So two weeks ago we had a session facing a big bad with Blink and no qualms about using it. I managed to grapple the bad guy but when I tried to bite her she used blink to escape and it was ruled that I fell to the ground and she was free. I wasn't all that happy and since we went that way I lost two more grapples to attacks that game. There was a combat lull and words were excahnged before the big bad decided fun time was over and we needed to be demolished. I managed to grapple a necklace around her neck by working hard at an attack from behind but couldn't get it off of her and she blinked and the necklace remained in my grip because it was currently strangling her throat.

So how should Blink work in these cases? I admit even though my halfling is small it's probably over the encumbrance level of the caster to blink away. so it makes sense Blink drops me. But what about legitimately tiny animals holding you. Would you blink away with part of a rat swarm still on you?

How about your equipment that someone else has grabbed? If you're fighting over a book with someone? What if you put them in manacles someone is still holding? What stays with you what goes with them? What if someone has just run their sword into your chest at a higher initiative order and you blink on the attack after? Did you sword go with them?

04-15-2019, 12:00 PM	#1
Black Leviathan Join Date: Sep 2018	Blinking out of grapple? So two weeks ago we had a session facing a big bad with Blink and no qualms about using it. I managed to grapple the bad guy but when I tried to bite her she used blink to escape and it was ruled that I fell to the ground and she was free. I wasn't all that happy and since we went that way I lost two more grapples to attacks that game. There was a combat lull and words were excahnged before the big bad decided fun time was over and we needed to be demolished. I managed to grapple a necklace around her neck by working hard at an attack from behind but couldn't get it off of her and she blinked and the necklace remained in my grip because it was currently strangling her throat. So how should Blink work in these cases? I admit even though my halfling is small it's probably over the encumbrance level of the caster to blink away. so it makes sense Blink drops me. But what about legitimately tiny animals holding you. Would you blink away with part of a rat swarm still on you? How about your equipment that someone else has grabbed? If you're fighting over a book with someone? What if you put them in manacles someone is still holding? What stays with you what goes with them? What if someone has just run their sword into your chest at a higher initiative order and you blink on the attack after? Did you sword go with them?