Can I grapple with Bite+arms in one attack?

[DouglasCole]

Originally Posted by Varyon

Just to make certain we're on the same page here, I'm specifically referring to the handling of bites. TG currently has bites roughly equivalent to two handed grapples (generating as many CP as damage rolled, meaning using full ST, albeit if untrained you have a -1 to damage relative to a two-handed grab) regardless of relative size. My suggestion was that, against foes who are the same size as you or larger, you'd basically use half the rolled damage to determine CP, functionally making such bites into one-handed grapples.

That's a decent way to play it, so I won't tell you "don't do that," because speed of play is key.

The way the rules are written, though, small mouths just basically get slapped with -1 DX and -1 damage per 2d of attack damage (-15% to Trained ST) per SM difference.

The number of hands involved in a grapple was replaced by the new "halve it for control points."

Note that Trained ST is zero at 7 size modifiers difference, halved at between 3 and 4. So a small dog or cat with SM -3 or -4 will be at -3 or -4 per 2d of damage - basically halved anyway.