Can a gymnast swashbuckler grapple with a Buckler in hand? Can he carry potions with a Buckler in hand?
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Can a gymnast swashbuckler grapple with a Buckler in hand? Can he carry potions with a Buckler in hand?
Core Rulebook pg. 277 4.0 Price 1 gp; AC Bonus +1; Speed Penalty —Source
Bulk L; Hardness 3; HP (BT) 6 (3)
This very small shield is a favorite of duelists and quick, lightly armored warriors. It’s typically made of steel and strapped to your forearm. You can Raise a Shield with your buckler as long as you have that hand free or are holding a light object that’s not a weapon in that hand.
You can Grapple with your 'shield hand' but can not Raise A Shield while doing so as you no longer "have that hand free or are holding a light object that’s not a weapon in that hand."
You can carry a potion in your 'shield hand' and take the Raise A Shield action, as it fits into the "a light object that’s not a weapon" category.
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Can a gymnast swashbuckler grapple with a Buckler in hand? Can he carry potions with a Buckler in hand?Core Rulebook pg. 277 4.0 Price 1 gp; AC Bonus +1; Speed Penalty —Source
Bulk L; Hardness 3; HP (BT) 6 (3)
This very small shield is a favorite of duelists and quick, lightly armored warriors. It’s typically made of steel and strapped to your forearm. You can Raise a Shield with your buckler as long as you have that hand free or are holding a light object that’s not a weapon in that hand.
You can Grapple with your 'shield hand' but can not Raise A Shield while doing so as you no longer "have that hand free or are holding a light object that’s not a weapon in that hand."
You can carry a potion in your 'shield hand' and take the Raise A Shield action, as it fits into the "a light object that’s not a weapon" category.I have seen it argued on these boards that you only need a free hand when you use the Grapple action and that the hand is still free after you used the action, whatever its result.
And I do not recall any RAW clearly forbidding this.
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Can a gymnast swashbuckler grapple with a Buckler in hand? Can he carry potions with a Buckler in hand?Core Rulebook pg. 277 4.0 Price 1 gp; AC Bonus +1; Speed Penalty —Source
Bulk L; Hardness 3; HP (BT) 6 (3)
This very small shield is a favorite of duelists and quick, lightly armored warriors. It’s typically made of steel and strapped to your forearm. You can Raise a Shield with your buckler as long as you have that hand free or are holding a light object that’s not a weapon in that hand.You can Grapple with your 'shield hand' but can not Raise A Shield while doing so as you no longer "have that hand free or are holding a light object that’s not a weapon in that hand."
You can carry a potion in your 'shield hand' and take the Raise A Shield action, as it fits into the "a light object that’s not a weapon" category.
I have seen it argued on these boards that you only need a free hand when you use the Grapple action and that the hand is still free after you used the action, whatever its result.
And I do not recall any RAW clearly forbidding this. The actual Grapple rules seem to strongly lean against this interpretation: Attack
Requirements You have at least one free hand or have your target grappled or restrained. Your target isn't more than one size larger than you.
You attempt to grab a creature or object with your free hand. Attempt an Athletics check against the target's Fortitude DC. You can Grapple a target you already have grabbed or restrained without having a hand free.
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.
Failure You fail to grab your target. If you already had the target grabbed or restrained using a Grapple, those conditions on that creature or object end.
Critical Failure If you already had the target grabbed or restrained, it breaks free. Your target can either grab you, as if it succeeded at using the Grapple action against you, or force you to fall and land prone.
The requirement of either "You have at least one free hand or have your target grappled or restrained" indicates (to me at least) that grappling a foe does not automatically leave that hand 'free': If it did, they wouldn't have needed the "or have your target grappled or restrained" clause at all...
I have seen it argued on these boards that you only need a free hand when you use the Grapple action and that the hand is still free after you used the action, whatever its result.
And I do not recall any RAW clearly forbidding this.
It isn't clearly forbidden, true.
But there are many who will rule that after successfully grappling, that hand is occupied holding the enemy.
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I have seen it argued on these boards that you only need a free hand when you use the Grapple action and that the hand is still free after you used the action, whatever its result.
And I do not recall any RAW clearly forbidding this.
It isn't clearly forbidden, true.
But there are many who will rule that after successfully grappling, that hand is occupied holding the enemy.
I believe so too. But it should have been more clearly written.
Now would you be able to carry a staff in the Buckler hand or would that be considered a "weapon"?
Yes, staff is a weapon: "Staves are also staff weapons."
A feature that a Coda doesn't have.
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A feature that a Coda doesn't have.
A Musical Instrument (Handheld) is 1 Bulk, so holding it still prevents you from raising a Buckler on that arm...