The Animal Barbarians antler gives it a reach of 10ft at level 7, if he grabs a medium size target from 10ft away can the target attack the barbarian with a non-reach weapon? Or can it's only action be to try to escape?
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If you're grabbing something with your body, you generally are not out of its reach, regardless of what squares you're in on a map grid.
The size and reach rules in the CRB say "The Space entry lists how many feet on a side a creature’s space is, so a Large creature fills a 10-foot-by-10-foot space (4 squares on the grid). Sometimes part of a creature extends beyond its space, such as if a giant octopus is grabbing you with its tentacles. In that case, the GM will usually allow attacking the extended portion, even if you can’t reach the main creature"
So he would be chopping away at my antlers I guess, damn.
It's basically to prevent you from preventing any sort of direct reprisal from a target that might have bad athletics, acrobatics, and unarmed attack.
If you've just got someone grabbed and they don't have the appropriate skills you could hold them in place, and if they could attack whatever appendage they might just be stuck.
Of course, this is actually more applicable for PCs where you're less guaranteed to have the relevant skills and might need to resort to simply stabbing your enemy.