Power Grappling and 'grappling rolls'

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Originally Posted by DouglasCole

I guess my predisposition, and I'd be willing ot be talked out of it, is that one point means "character is aware how to use their size in fights" and is a natural outgrowth of living a life of Big.

I like the idea of this perk and can accept this argument, but I don't feel that Power Grappling as written reflects it at all.

In my previous posts I have turned DX into ST to illustrate the basic problem that I see, but we can easily take it to the logical extreme and say that instead of buying ST+skill, we simply buy 5 levels of skill. In this way we use Power Grappling to end up with extremely high "strength" for grappling purposes without actually being strong at all, or even the stronger fighter. We have the highest skill level, and have also turned the Wrestling +1/+2 skill bonus into an uncapped bonus based on any of the 3 grappling skills.


One of my brainstorms both removes the skill aspect which Icelander seems to object to, and reinforces the "bigger guys throw their weight around" concept that you and I seem to agree on as being logical.

Power Grappling: +1 strength in all regular or quick contests to do with grappling if you outweigh your opponent. If you are also stronger, add the difference of your unmodified strength scores. Double this bonus if your Size Modifier exceeds that of your opponent.

Completely untested, but it seems to make more sense to me on paper. Decent start?