Grappler (Variant)

You’ve developed the skills necessary to hold your own in close-quarters grappling. You gain the following benefits:

• Whenever you successfully grapple a creature, you can choose to deal your Strength modifier in bludgeoning damage to it.
• You can choose to deal your Strength modifier in bludgeoning damage to a creature grappled by you instead of making a weapon attack as part of the attack action. To do so does not require an attack roll.
• When a creature misses you with a melee weapon attack you can use your reaction to attempt to grapple the creature if you have a free hand to do so.