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White Hair (Su): At 1st level, a white-haired witch gains
the ability to use her hair as a weapon. This functions as
a primary natural attack with a reach of 5 feet. The hair
deals 1d4 points of damage (1d3 for a Small witch) plus the
witch’s Intelligence modifier. In addition, whenever the
hair strikes a foe, the witch can attempt to grapple that foe
with her hair as a free action without provoking an attack
of opportunity, using her Intelligence modifier in place of
her Strength modifier when making the combat maneuver
check. When a white-haired witch grapples a foe in this
way, she does not gain the grappled condition.
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Pull (Ex): At 6th level, a white-haired witch who
successfully strikes a foe with her hair can attempt a
combat maneuver check to pull the creature 5 feet closer
to her as a free action.
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Doesn't the successful grapple automatically pull the opponent to five feet away from you anyway, where it can take a full attack action against you the following round?
Doesn't the successful grapple automatically pull the opponent to five feet away from you anyway, where it can take a full attack action against you the following round?
(a) You don't have to make a grapple check in order to use the Pull ability.
(b) Why would you want to use Pull (which only moves the target 5') instead of simply grappling? Maybe you don't want the target right next to you. Maybe you're trying to pull the target into an adjacent square with a hazard in it. I'm sure I could come up with other examples, but you get the drift.
I see.
Secondary question, when I grapple something, and suck it 30 feet across the battlefield next to me (because that's how grapple works), does it provoke AOOs?
If not, can I use grapple to save my friends from combat?
I see.
Secondary question, when I grapple something, and suck it 30 feet across the battlefield next to me (because that's how grapple works), does it provoke AOOs?
If not, can I use grapple to save my friends from combat?
(1) It doesn't specify one way or the other. Normally that might suggest that it provokes attacks of opportunity normally, but most combat maneuvers (e.g. bull rush, reposition, drag) specify that you can't force an enemy to provoke a bunch of AoOs by using a maneuver (without the necessary feat). So that tends to suggest that it shouldn't provoke an AoO. It's really the GM's call, though.
(2) See (1). If your GM says it doesn't provoke an AoO, then you should be able to use it on your allies, IMO.