Grappling rules p195 say that the only consequence of grappling is that the target gets the grappled condition.
The Grappled condition (defined p291) doesn't mention anything about auto-hit, or even advantage. So there's no advantage to grappling when it comes to hitting your target..
I'm not a native speaker, but I believe the word "grapple" can be misleading here, you're not holding your opponent on a chokehold, it's more about holding him by the short, sort of like a judoka. They are still free of their movement, and can still dodge/protect themselves. The close quarter might actually make things more awkward for you, so the lack of advantage makes sense as well.
The point of grappling is more about control, and not letting a creature move free. Also, note that although grappling can be done as one of your attack on an Attack action, allowing you to grapple AND attack if you have the Extra Attack feature, escaping a grapple requires an action, so you can't escape and attack.
If a monster has a grapple attack, it may state specific rules about how it grapples, what benefits the monster gets and how to counter the grapple. See cloaker for a good example.
A generic grapple is a contest between the attacker's grapple using STR Athletics check vs the target's STR Athletics or DEX Acrobatics check.
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If a Monster is grappling a character, does that monster auto hit the character? Also visa versa
If so - can you reference book and page number in your answer - thanks
Grappling rules p195 say that the only consequence of grappling is that the target gets the grappled condition.
The Grappled condition (defined p291) doesn't mention anything about auto-hit, or even advantage. So there's no advantage to grappling when it comes to hitting your target..
I'm not a native speaker, but I believe the word "grapple" can be misleading here, you're not holding your opponent on a chokehold, it's more about holding him by the short, sort of like a judoka. They are still free of their movement, and can still dodge/protect themselves. The close quarter might actually make things more awkward for you, so the lack of advantage makes sense as well.
The point of grappling is more about control, and not letting a creature move free. Also, note that although grappling can be done as one of your attack on an Attack action, allowing you to grapple AND attack if you have the Extra Attack feature, escaping a grapple requires an action, so you can't escape and attack.
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Yeah that's what I thought... but was wondering if I'd missed some page out somewhere - thanks for your response
If a monster has a grapple attack, it may state specific rules about how it grapples, what benefits the monster gets and how to counter the grapple. See cloaker for a good example.
A generic grapple is a contest between the attacker's grapple using STR Athletics check vs the target's STR Athletics or DEX Acrobatics check.