| Barachiel Shina |
I'm confused about this feat and what it means. Here's the text that confuses me.
If it grapples a creature three or more sizes smaller, it squeezes each round for automatic bite or claw damage with a successful grapple check.
Ok so I have a Colossal creature bite a Large foe. It succeeds on a Grapple check after hitting and dealing damage, the two are now Grappled. The Large foes fails to escape, now it's back to the Colossal creature's turn.
So it states "squeezes automatically" to deal the damage on a successful grapple check. Does this mean the creature gets a "free" grapple check to deal this damage? So could a creature potentially deal damage twice in a round with Snatch?
For example:
ROUND 1
Standard Action (Attack) ---> Success, make Grapple check ---> Success
ROUND 2
Squeezes Automatically (Grapple Check) ---> Success, deal damage
Standard Action (Maintain Grapple + Damage) ---> Success, maintain grapple, inflict damage equal to unarmed strike/natural attack/weapon
Is this correct?
| RAWmonger |
I would assume that this falls under the "We're Paizo and instead of using already written nearly-identical wording for a different ability, instead we're gonna have a writer wing it."
My best guess is this was meant to work identically to constrict.
Also, this feat functions "as though it had the grab ability," meaning any time the colossal baddy hits with a bite or claw it can use this ability, not just with a standard action.
Round 1 Baddy: Any Bite/Claw Attacks possible > success, make free grapple check > success, both creatures gained the grappled condition > baddie can continue his full attack if he has any attacks remaining, with both creatures taking any relevant penalties for the grappled condition.
Round 1 Goodie: let's assume he really wants to get out and attempts to escape the grapple that he's very likely to fail > he fails.
Round 2 Baddy: Baddy makes his grapple maintain check as a standard action > success > automatic damage from Snatch, baddy then gets to choose from the grapple options (pin, move, damage) or any other relevant options he may have from other feats/abilities.
I doubt it means: make an additional grapple check every round just to see if you get to deal this damage, then make your normal maintenance check. I think it's much more likely, "when you succeed on your typical grapple check, you automatically do this damage"