Free Hand Fighter and Grapple.

[TheApapalypse]

Playing a Free Hand Fighter,

With improved unarmed strike, TWF feat, on my attack with my EMPTY HAND LIGHT WEAPON, if successful can I attempt a grapple, also, will it do damage?

Scenario: Slice a mans chest with your sword, then with your offhand attempt to grab his hair/beard/ear/throat?

*Is the second hand able to Grapple on attack being the second weapon used by TWF?

[Name Violation]

Do you have a way to make grapple not take a standard action? If not, then no.

"As a standard action, you can attempt to grapple a foe,..."

[avr]

The closest equivalent I can think is the weapon trick (one-handed) feat. No, TWF doesn't do it.

[RAWmonger]

Take a one level dip in Maneuver Master Monk. Get a bonus combat maneuver at -2 every full attack, even if the maneuver normally takes a standard action to perform.

Also just generally impractical, grappling needs to be more than grabbing hair/beard/ear/throat, or you're going to lose that hand.

You could look into the dirty-trick maneuver if you're looking to roleplay accomplishing minor, quick debuffs to the enemy (pocketsand, a disorienting 0-damage face slap, slightly loosening a strap in the enemies armor somehow, etc...)

EDIT: Although, understand that if you're going to use this bonus combat maneuver to grapple, the "Humanoid creatures without two free hands attempting to grapple a foe take a –4 penalty on the combat maneuver roll" comes into effect.... So if you go this route to try and grapple one-handed, you're going to be making your check at a -6 penalty overall, just between the grapple penalty and Maneuver Master penalty.