Unmanned Mancatcher?


Rules Questions

Scarab Sages

Quote:
This polearm consists of two curved metal bands that close around a target when you attack, allowing you to bind an opponent. A mancatcher is built to capture a creature of a particular size category (such as Small or Medium) and doesn’t work on creatures of the wrong size. Make a touch attack to hit an opponent and a combat maneuver check to grapple him (without the –4 penalty for not having two hands free); success means you and the target are grappled. Once the target is grappled, you can perform a move or damage grapple action against him. The mancatcher has hardness 10 and 5 hit points; breaking it requires a DC 26 Strength check. If you drop the mancatcher, the target can free himself as a standard action.

Bold is mine.

If I grapple an opponent successfully with the mancatcher and then drop it, do they remain grappled until they use a standard action to free themselves?

Grand Lodge

Success means the target is grappled. I would say so.


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Yes.

EDIT: The standard action required to free yourself is the standard action required to break a grapple, with auto-success. If you can break grapples in another way, you can use that method against the unmanned mancatcher as well.


I suppose this makes a foe with Quick Draw and a large quantity of disposable mancatchers an amusing threat.

Scarab Sages

The really amusing one is a titan mauler using the mancatcher to make two-handed grapples with a single hand.

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