Giant Frogs tongue

[Jagpanther]

My question is this, can A giant frog use its tongue to make attacks of opportunity and if so can he then grab as part of that attack or would it have to do a combat maneuver to grapple?

[Matthew Downie]

Yes, it can. The tongue is listed as a natural weapon with 15 foot reach. If it hit the touch AC of the target, it would get the grab attempt automatically.

(A grab is a combat maneuver to grapple so I'm not sure what you're asking there.)

Note that you can grab on AoO; there was an FAQ.)

[Jagpanther]

I was told by my GM that when a attack has "grab" it can attempt a grapple as a free action, and he told me that you can't use a free action during the attack of opportunity even if the attack has the grab special rule. So I just wanted clarification on the ruling so I can show him.

Another question is this, lets say a spell is cast and I get my AoO and it hits and I get my grapple check, and I successfully grapple him does the caster then have to make his concentration check against the attack even though no damage is done or does he have to make it against the grapple?

And Finally this if I make an AoO against a ranged ranged shooter and I successfully get the grapple on him, does his shot that provoked the attack even happen since while your grappled you cant make any action that requires two hands?

[Matthew Downie]

Jagpanther wrote:

he told me that you can't use a free action during the attack of opportunity even if the attack has the grab special rule.

The rulebooks suggest that you can't take free actions outside of your turn, but it wasn't intended to apply to grabs, etc. Hence the FAQ link in my previous post.

Jagpanther wrote:

Another question is this, lets say a spell is cast and I get my AoO and it hits and I get my grapple check, and I successfully grapple him does the caster then have to make his concentration check against the attack even though no damage is done or does he have to make it against the grapple?

No concentration check for damage, but in general AoO's apply before the action that triggered them is completed, so I'd think the caster would have to make a concentration check versus grapple.

Jagpanther wrote:

if I make an AoO against a ranged ranged shooter and I successfully get the grapple on him, does his shot that provoked the attack even happen since while your grappled you cant make any action that requires two hands?

That would probably work stop the archer shooting, for the same reason.

[wraithstrike]

He would have to make a concentration check because he would be grappled while casting the spell.