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Quote from Character77006 >>

As Wagnarokkr points out (though I know he disagrees), the rule is pretty clear... "When you make an Unarmed Strike" does not mean 'until the start of your next turn', it means what it says, "When you make an Unarmed Strike" and no longer.

 

No that is not clear as you have a duration of 10 minutes.  If what you say is correct, that the unarmed attack ends the reach.  Then what about the other 9 minutes and 54 seconds?  Doesn't that matter?

 For 10 minutes, when you make an unarmed strike you get the longer reach, the reach itself does not last for 10 minutes. For the duration, you get a temporary extension of your reach WHEN you make an unarmed strike. No where does it say for ten minutes your reach extends by 10 ft. Instead it says it extends when you make an unarmed strike. You can make as many Unarmed Strikes as you are able during that duration, and for each your reach temporarily extends - but only when making an Unarmed Strike. Seems pretty clear to me.

If they meant it the way you're reading it, they would have said, 'For 10 minutes your reach extends by 10ft' or 'For 10 minutes your reach extends by 10 ft. so long as the only attacks you make during that time are unarmed strikes'. But they didn't do either of those. As written, the reach extends only when making the Unarmed Strike, then it goes away until your next unarmed strike while the duration is active.

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Quote from Character77006 >>

As Wagnarokkr points out (though I know he disagrees), the rule is pretty clear... "When you make an Unarmed Strike" does not mean 'until the start of your next turn', it means what it says, "When you make an Unarmed Strike" and no longer.

 

No that is not clear as you have a duration of 10 minutes.  If what you say is correct, that the unarmed attack ends the reach.  Then what about the other 9 minutes and 54 seconds?  Doesn't that matter?

 For 10 minutes, when you make an unarmed strike you get the longer reach, the reach itself does not last for 10 minutes. For the duration, you get a temporary extension of your reach WHEN you make an unarmed strike. No where does it say for ten minutes your reach extends by 10 ft. Instead it says it extends when you make an unarmed strike. You can make as many Unarmed Strikes as you are able during that duration, and for each your reach temporarily extends - but only when making an Unarmed Strike. Seems pretty clear to me.

If they meant it the way you're reading it, they would have said, 'For 10 minutes your reach extends by 10ft' or 'For 10 minutes your reach extends by 10 ft. so long as the only attacks you make during that time are unarmed strikes'. But they didn't do either of those. As written, the reach extends only when making the Unarmed Strike, then it goes away until your next unarmed strike while the duration is active.

 Even if we concede that there's a meaningful mechanical difference between this wording and "for ten minutes, the reach of your unarmed strikes is increased by ten feet" *, you are still asserting that the unarmed strike known as a grapple is a point event, and thus holding the grapple is not part of the grapple, and that's... certainly an interpretation that you can make. It's not supported by the text, but neither is the converse.

* I do not concede there's a difference, but for the sake of argument, let's say there is.

If they meant it the way you're reading it, they would have said, 'For 10 minutes your reach extends by 10ft' or 'For 10 minutes your reach extends by 10 ft. so long as the only attacks you make during that time are unarmed strikes'

Why would this be written differently then anything else with a duration?   Your interpretation is expecting the rules to hand hold you and the rules do not.  Duration 10 minutes.  Just like anything else, the duration is not a pulse that that activates and then stops, then reactivates .

Looking up Duration the online rules say:

 Time Span. A duration that provides a time span specifies how long the spell lasts in rounds, minutes, hours, or the like. For example, a Duration entry might say “1 minute,” meaning the spell ends after 1 minute has passed. 

The rules on grappling state "The condition also ends if [...] or if the distance between the Grappled target and the grappler exceeds the grapple’s range."

Note that it says the grapple's range and not the grappler's reach. Because of this, I would rule that you can keep a grappled creature at the extended reach.

Just to add to my argument, consider Distant spell:

When you cast a spell that has a range of at least 5 feet, you can spend 1 Sorcery Point to double the spell’s range. Or when you cast a spell that has a range of Touch, you can spend 1 Sorcery Point to make the spell’s range 30 feet.

 If you use it on a spell with a duration, does the range drop back to normal after the initial casting?

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The rules on grappling state "The condition also ends if [...] or if the distance between the Grappled target and the grappler exceeds the grapple’s range."

Note that it says the grapple's range and not the grappler's reach. Because of this, I would rule that you can keep a grappled creature at the extended reach.

 I'm curious how you're defining the "grapple's range" if its unrelated to reach.