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Originally Posted by DouglasCole
I might approach it a slightly different way, if you don't mind a suggestion.
Give the Honey Badger a bonus to Parry a grappling attack . . . say, +4. If he's hit with a grapple, he can negate one point of the DX penalty for each point he makes the roll by. If the penalty is zero, he's grabbed but not grappled, and if it's negative, he's not grappled at all.
On subsequent attacks, the attacker can try and improve his position by attacking again. Since Deceptive Attack reduces Parry, this would represent having to be more skilled in order to grab the Honey Badger by its meat rather than flesh.
Maybe represent this as a limitation (only vs. grapples) to Enhanced Parry. Since +1 to Parry for bare hands only is 5 points per level, 1-3 points per +1 against grapples only wouldn't be out of line. Flexibility is 5 points, Double-Jointed is 15, so my costing puts this suggested +4 at something like 4-12 points; never MORE than D-J, but possibly about the cost of Flexibility.
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Hmm, not a bad way to handle it, though it feels a bit more complicated. It does suggest a leveled Perk that reduces the grappling penalty, either by a flat -1, or by your mechanic of a "limited Parry."
Something else to consider is what the real purpose of all that extra skin around the neck is. Many animals (especially carnivores) have it, to protect specifically against Neck Snaps. This could probably be represented by the Iron Neck perk. For animals with particularly thick hides, they may have additional DR (Neck only, Tough Skin).