Initiate Grapple
[Untrained, AoO]Cost: 8 + size mod AP (minimum 5 AP) | Check: d20! + Dex mod + size mod + (Weapons - Brawling skill) + PAM vs. DeC
Description
To start a grapple, first make the indicated action check against your opponent. If the attack of opportunity causes damage, the grapple automatically fails. If the target is already grappling with someone else, this check is automatically successful.\nIf you successfully initiate a grapple with a target two or more size categories larger than you, you are holding onto the target, but the target is not considered grappled (unless it chooses to be).
S - You are now grabbing (but not grappling) the target. Next, make a free grapple attack (see Grapple Attack action). If this attack succeeds, you deal normal grapple damage to the target, move into the target's square, and are now grappling with the target. This move provokes attacks of opportunity from opponents other than the target.\nAs an alternative to dealing damage, the attacker can choose among the other effects listed under the grapple attack action (except pin).\nIf the free grapple attack fails, the grapple is not successfully initiated.\nF - You lose the grab and fail to initiate the grapple.