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bearit

02-09-2016 12:00 PM

Grappling While Grappled

I don't have Technical Grappling, but i was wondering by the Basic Set and Martial Arts what are the rules on grappling while grappled? Both grappling the person who is grappling you or grappling a third party.

Is it just the usual penalty of -4 DX for being grappled? And then if you grapple the grappler, he also has -4 DX and no movement?

Railstar

02-09-2016 12:33 PM

Re: Grappling While Grappled

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Originally Posted by bearit (Post 1977881)

Is it just the usual penalty of -4 DX for being grappled? And then if you grapple the grappler, he also has -4 DX and no movement?

More or less. I'm not sure of the exact Krommpost, but he did post something suggesting that grappling the grappler was a normal response to being grappled.

DouglasCole

02-09-2016 04:17 PM

Re: Grappling While Grappled

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Originally Posted by bearit (Post 1977881)

I don't have Technical Grappling,

Megatron: "So unwise . . . "

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but i was wondering by the Basic Set and Martial Arts what are the rules on grappling while grappled? Both grappling the person who is grappling you or grappling a third party.

Is it just the usual penalty of -4 DX for being grappled? And then if you grapple the grappler, he also has -4 DX and no movement?

As Railstar says, pretty much. You make an attack with a grappling skill or DX at -4 due to being grappled. Your foe can use a "hands-free parry" from martial arts to counter this grappling attack. If you succeed anyway, you and your foe are each grappling the other, applying a -4 to each other, etc.

bearit

02-09-2016 07:35 PM

Re: Grappling While Grappled

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Originally Posted by DouglasCole (Post 1977953)

Megatron: "So unwise . . . "

As Railstar says, pretty much. You make an attack with a grappling skill or DX at -4 due to being grappled. Your foe can use a "hands-free parry" from martial arts to counter this grappling attack. If you succeed anyway, you and your foe are each grappling the other, applying a -4 to each other, etc.

Could I get a reference for the hands free parry? I can't seem to find it in Martial Arts.

DouglasCole

02-09-2016 07:50 PM

Re: Grappling While Grappled

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Originally Posted by bearit (Post 1977995)

Could I get a reference for the hands free parry? I can't seem to find it in Martial Arts.

What is a Parry, the box in p. 122.

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