Is drag a stand alone ability?

[blue_the_wolf]

I was reading drag and it seems to be a stand alone ability, as in I just drag the target and do not need any prior action.

I though that in order to drag I had to controll the target in a grapple first.

am I missing something?

[Eridan]

Drag is a combat maneuver used with a standard action. You dont need to grapple etc. first ..

[Whale_Cancer]

blue_the_wolf wrote:

I was reading drag and it seems to be a stand alone ability, as in I just drag the target and do not need any prior action.

I though that in order to drag I had to controll the target in a grapple first.

am I missing something?

Moving a character with a grapple is called move.

Grapple wrote:

Move: You can move both yourself and your target up to half your speed. At the end of your movement, you can place your target in any square adjacent to you. If you attempt to place your foe in a hazardous location, such as in a wall of fire or over a pit, the target receives a free attempt to break your grapple with a +4 bonus.