Helpless Condition

[Joshmoore0222]

In the text its states held as a way to give the helpless condition. Now my question is, If a monster is big enough (3 sizes larger) would you consider them being able to hold someone? Like a medium character just picks up a diminutive character would you say that meets the criteria for the diminutive character to be helpless. Personally I would but I cant find anything in the forums to support it.

[Slyme]

held means via the hold person/monster spells, not just being held onto by something, that would be the grappled condition.

[Matthew Downie]

The helpless condition ("paralyzed, held, bound, sleeping, unconscious, or otherwise completely at an opponent’s mercy") is a bit ambiguous, but this sort of thing doesn't sound fun to me:

GM: "The kraken grabs you and inflicts a coup de grace on you. You are briefly helpless and then dead."
Player: "But I'm a level 20 Fighter! I have 243 hit points left!"
GM: "Yes, but it's a hundred feet long. This is more realistic than you being able to kill it with a tiny sword."

[Claxon]

Yeah, held in this case refers to the spell Hold Person (or Hold Monster), in which it causes you to be paralyzed, but is slightly different/worse because paralyzed allows you to take purely mental actions which Hold Person does not.