[MA] Technical Grappling Example - Wrestler vs. Three Swordsmen

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Originally Posted by Hellboy

I was reading this now and also got very confused at this point. Maybe the hero had an ally he forgot to mention already doing a standing grapple? I thought the handstand scissoring was the initial grapple, so impeding defense would only happen once it succeeded, which requires bypassing an initial defense.

Uuuh, can't help you there, this happened years ago. I know it was part of our long-running JRPG campaign, and that's a fairly light-hearted affair. The GM is very rule-of-cool-friendly and often has mooks stand around helplessly, waiting to be dispatched.

Edit: Oh, got it, GoonB is the one that AoAed Yu's back to deal 1 blunt trauma damage. Yu dispatched A as a free action, then handstand-grappled him.