Hello, folks. Here are some questions about the Grapple action. Hope you can help me.
1 - I understand that a free hand is needed to initiate the grappling, but is that character required to keep a hand free after he succeeds?
2 - Can a character strike with a Two-Handed Weapon while grappling a creature?
3 - Considering the PC succeeded on the attempt, does he need to grapple the creature again in his next turn in order to keep it grabbed?
1. Yes. If you grapple them with your free hand and let go to use that hand for something else, you've let go.
2. No. See number 1.
3. Yes. Otherwise the grabbed or restrained condition ends as stated.
Critical Success Your target is restrained until the end of your next turn unless you move or your target Escapes.
Success Your target is grabbed until the end of your next turn unless you move or your target Escapes.
Thank you for the reply. I don't have the book with me right now, but I'm pretty sure that the definition from Archives of Nethys is conflicting with the Core Rulebook.
On the Archives website there's a passage that states: "You can Grapple a target you already have grabbed or restrained without having a hand free."
I don't see this text in the books or in any of the errata files. Am I missing something?
You don't need a hand free because one of your hands that isn't free is already tied up grappling them. They aren't staying frozen in place while you take your grabbing hand away and keep grappling them with hostile thoughts. It's still not gonna work with a two handed weapon, unless you have something like a bite attack with the grapple trait to avoid needing to use a hand for it in the first place.
Ok, got it! :D