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By the rules free actions can not be taken when it is not your turn unless it is called out as an exception so no on the AoO, even though many GM's might allow it.
For a readied action it you would get to use grab, and the barbarian can not attack with that two-handed weapon.
If the barbarian was using a move action and not charging he might be able use another weapon depending on how the readied action was worded.
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So we know you can use grab, but what's the consensus on what happens to the barbarian? He gets grappled, and can finish his charge with the grappled condition applied as long as he can make the attack without using two hands? If he is using a great sword or two-handed weapon his charge is ruined?
If the attack he is making requires two-hands to make, he does not get the attack. If it doesn't, I would say that he does (though the rules do not clearly define what happens in this case).
First, when a grapple is successful, the grappled target is moved to be adjacent to the grappler. So the barbarian won't "finish his charge" because the faceless stalker will finish it for him by dragging him to an adjacent square.
Once the AoO or readied action is finished, the barbarian can use whatever actions he has left, including maybe making a standard attack with a one-handed weapon if he has one in hand or has Quick Draw. If all he has in hand is a 2H weapon and his move action is already finished (he was moving), he may not be able to draw and attack without Quick Draw.
And if he was charging (not simply moving), he's already used his Full-Round action so he's probably done for this turn.
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Why would he be done? He could quickdraw and finish the charge attack with a 1-handed weapon.
I suppose that may be grounds for debate.
For his charge, he must travel in a straight line to the nearest square where he can attack his target. Before he finished that, he got grabbed and dragged to that square anyway*. But now that he's at that square, his charge is done, it's time to make his attack. IF he is holding a 1H weapon or IF he has Quick Draw, he might be able to make one attack.
The way I look at it is that his charge was interrupted. For example, if he had been tripped at 10', his charge is definitely interrupted. Being grappled at 10' is pretty much the same problem; he's no longer moving under his own accord; he's being grabbed and dragged the last few feet. That's not charging; it's being dragged. So his charge ended 10' away from the grappler and there is no way to "finish the charge" after being grabbed, grappled, and dragged. Since charging uses a full-round action, he doesn't have a standard action to attack after he gets dragged closer, so he's pretty much done.
*if he got dragged to some other square, I'm pretty sure his charge is done (he didn't get to his intended square and he's grappled so he cannot move there now).
Why would he be done? He could quickdraw and finish the charge attack with a 1-handed weapon.
That is a (slightly) more complicated scenario, that was not part of the original question. Understand the base (general) rules first, then we can come back and talk about layered rules and how specific rules kick in and alter the base scenario.
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You cannot complete the charge if your movement is hindered. Since your movement is hindered when you gain the grappled condition, you cannot charge while grappled. It does not matter if you "made it" to the square that you planned to attack from if you are now grappled.
The same would be said if you were bull rushed into an adjacent square, whether it be the original planned square or a different one (say it was the result of a readied action).
You are clearly not charging if you are grappled.
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Dimension Door forbids any actions after casting. The only way around this is the Dimensional Agility feat. Assuming this gish has Dimensional Agility, and didn't leave the charge lane, I'd say the charge was not interrupted. Others may disagree.
After using this spell, you can't take any other actions until your next turn.
Using a different mode of movement is not anywhere near the same thing as being moved or grappled by someone else.
With Magda's qualifiers, I would also allow Dimension Door to work.
Can you please link to the relevant RAW regarding the 'expenditure' of actions? AFAIK, actions are not expended until they actually are used.
The PRD says:
Charging is a special full-round action that allows you to move up to twice your speed and attack during the action.
And this:
You must have a clear path toward the opponent, and nothing can hinder your movement
(emphasis mine)
If you're charging and you're still 10' away from your enemy (let's assume you are medium without reach), and something stops your movement, can you finish your charge/attack?
If you get paralyzed?
If you get petrified?
If you get Held (magically with Hold Person)?
If you get tripped?
No. No attack for you. Right? We all agree on that? Your movement in the above cases is definitely "hindered" so you cannot charge anymore. And since the attack is "part of your action", you won't get that attack now, either.
What if you get entangled in a web that causes you to gain the Grappled condition? Movement is hindered, charge is over, and no attack for you, right?
Now, if a second enemy, not the one you are charging, were to grapple you and stop your movement, could you attack your original target? Of course not. Your movement became "hindered" so charge ended in that square, 10' away from your target. The one attack you getduring the charge is negated because your charge is finished, too.
Now, if your target grapples you (still at 10' because he has enough reach on his grapple), he still ends your charge. Why? Because you have the Grappled condition and you cannot move while grappled. Your movement is "hindered" by not being able to move. Charge is finished. The one attack you getduring the charge is negated because your charge is finished, too. Now it drags you the rest of the way but your full-round Charge action is already finished so you won't be attacking it this round.
That seems pretty clear.
Why do people think that PCs are 'programmed' with a set of actions that can't be modified once you press 'GO' on their turn?
It's not about that.
The charging PC declared his action and actually DID his action. Well, most of it. But then it got interrupted with a specific interruption that prevents him from finishing it. The action is finished. The PC doesn't get any "Do-Over" button he can press on his turn, either.
I suppose if the interruption happened within the first 30' of the charge, a lenient GM might house rule to allow the charger to turn his charge into a mere move action and then take a standard action as he sees fit. But that's not RAW, and this is the Rules Questions forum.
It says you can't take any other action. It does not say you can't "spend" more actions. That would include not being able to take ANY actions, including: free actions, swift actions, or actions you already started.
But this wasn't about Dimension Door.
By the rules free actions can not be taken when it is not your turn unless it is called out as an exception so no on the AoO, even though many GM's might allow it.While that may be true currently, this faq indicates grab is supposed to be a listed exception. And will be erratad in the future.While you can’t take most free actions off your turn, Grab, Trip, Pull, Push, and Rock Catching’s free actions can all be used off-turn. This will be reflected in future errata.
Thanks. I missed that FAQ.
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I don't know how are envisioning a charge, but if someone else picks your butt up and controls your movement to any adjacent square that they want, your movement is absolutely hindered. You are stuck. You are no longer charging.
If your movement is hindered, you are uh, hindered. If you are hindered, you cannot complete the charge. If you are grappled, you cannot move. If you cannot move, you are hindered. If you are grappled, you cannot complete the charge.
If you were tripped in that final square, you are prone. If you are prone, your movement is hindered. If your movement is hindered, you cannot complete the charge. If the target tripped you in that adjacent square as part of a readied action in the middle of your charge, you could not finish the charge as your movement is hindered.
If you are unhorsed in that final square, your charge was ended and you could not complete the charge.
A charge is not completed when you enter the adjacent square by any means imaginable. A charge is completed when you attack, movement uninhibited, after you reach the square under your own power (or direction in the case of mounted).
Your ally cannot "throw" you across a hole and call it a charge. You cannot slide across a grease spell and complete the charge afterwards.
When you are grappled, all of your momentum is lost. You are beat. You are grabbed. The power of your charge is defeated. You are detained by someone else. You do not get to complete your charge.
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You completely left out the part about hindered movement, you know, for strict RAW purposes and all.
"and nothing can hinder your movement"
You were "GRAPPLED" 10' away. You gained that condition at that time. You didn't wait until you got closer to gain the grapple condition. The instant the grab was successful, which was before you were adjacent, you were grappled.
When you were grappled 10' away, you were unable to move. When you were unable to move, your movement was hindered. And when that happens, your charge ends.
Then someone else moved you.
You cannot complete the charge while grappled.
I was trying to be repetitive in all kinds of different ways from all kinds of different angles. In quite a few cases on these forums if you don't do that, you will be doing it over 15 posts because the goal post will be moved again and again. Even with all of the angles I mentioned, there were more corner cases (addressed below) thrown at me/the community.
And I have been watching too much Scandal where every character repeats themselves like that.
Byakko,
You didn't move normally "TO GET TO" your destination square. If it was a creature with 20' reach and it picked you up and moved you 20' you could not finish your charge. That movement is not under your control. When you are moving under someone's control and not your own, you are no longer charging. In the OP case, the character was stopped (end of charge) and then moved. A grab is not a big hug with open arms that allows you to keep your movement and momentum going and follow through with the attack.
If your movement is stopped before you get to attack, your movement is stopped before you get to attack. That means your momentum, the +2 to hit, the double damage for some builds, and other bonuses would all be lost.
As to the slayer question, the charging character cannot use the movement form that is hindered. If that happens 10' away and the charger still needs to move 5' to be able to make the attack, then the charge was just lost. If the slayer slowed the charger's burrow speed but they were on top of the land, than that would have no affect on the charge as it was not being used during the charge.
As to the pounce question, I would adjudicate it the same way I adjudicate sneak attacks. Each attack matters. If the conditions that allow the charge have been lost between attacks, then the ability to charge, hence the extra attacks from pounce, would be lost. I see no reason why the pounce attacks would not suffer the same exact scrutiny as sneak attack. I always try to apply the logic evenly across the whole game, even if doesn't always work as the rules themselves switch as to how to adjudicate things.
galahad2112,
Your spoiler listed a bunch of the things that are required for a charge. It did not list them all. It also did not list the penalties for being grappled. It was a short, incomplete list. It is almost like saying, "to make an attack, Bill needs a weapon. Bill has a weapon in his hand so Bill can make an attack". But Bill is asleep. That part was left out.
Grapple tells you what you can do. It never states that you can charge while in a grapple. It states that you are "restrained". It clearly defines it as not able to move. Under Charge, the part you left out reads, "nothing can hinder your movement". But grapple reads, "grappled creatures cannot move..."
From a strict RAW perspective, you cherry picked (you may not have done this purposefully and I do not mean to imply that you did) the parts of charge that were completed by the OP but left out the parts that were not.
To your latest example, no. It does not matter that the charger is now next to his target and physically able (not counting action economy) to act. The charger got there after being stopped in his tracks, which would end the charge.
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Lets say it was a readied action to grapple when the charger attacked with no reach involved. I still feel the charge would be lost. This is because it isn't just about charge. It is about how charge interacts with grapple. And once you have the grapple condition, you can't be charging.
I can understand not agreeing with this last part. But when reach is involved like in the OP, then the charger is clearly stopped 10' away and then moved.
Komoda is correct