Grappled & Ranged Attacks: Martial Arts vs. Tactical Shooting vs. Technical Grappling

[DouglasCole]

Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

Is the grapple back strategy even viable? Doing it with the arms will mean you can't do a ranged attack since now your arms are occupied;

Grapples are mutual in TG, so if you have your pistol and are grappled, you can attack to break free (to lower your own skill penalties) and attack to increase CP (to reduce his Trained ST). Rule Zero applies on this one, and bringing a pistol to bear should be possible. By TG-RAW, it IS possible to make ranged attacks.

doing it with legs would give you a very uncomfortable posture, or even an outright fall;

Falling may well be the goal. Guard is a pretty viable position to resist a foe's grapple.