Ok. So in a few places here in the forums AND on Reddit (hold your barf) I've seen a certain thing stated that seems to contradict the book.
Specifically I am talking about the Unarmed Fighting Style feature for fighters (that can also be taken with the Fighting Initiate Feat). In several searches I have found the wording of "... When you successfully start a grapple, you can deal 1d4 bludgeoning." Meanwhile in the book it states that "At the start of each of your turns, you can deal 1d4 bludgeoning damage to one creature grappled by you."
This may not seem like a huge deal to some. I find it incredibly frustrating and annoying that I have to wait a whole turn to be able to do any damage with a grapple.
So what is it? Is the book right (duh?) or is there some errata out there I have missed?
I think this may have been posted in the wrong forum? Unearthed Arcana is about playtest material, and while Unarmed Fighting was in playtest before, it's now in an official sourcebook.
Which should answer your question, too - the sourcebook has the correct version, and the other variations you've seen were probably playtest material (that is, the first public iteration before they did any balancing or tweaking). They want to reward you for *maintaining* a grapple, not rapidly starting and stopping it.
If you want to do damage the turn you grapple, take something like the Tavern Brawler feat so you can grapple as a bonus action after attacking.
Ok. So in a few places here in the forums AND on Reddit (hold your barf) I've seen a certain thing stated that seems to contradict the book.
Specifically I am talking about the Unarmed Fighting Style feature for fighters (that can also be taken with the Fighting Initiate Feat). In several searches I have found the wording of "... When you successfully start a grapple, you can deal 1d4 bludgeoning." Meanwhile in the book it states that "At the start of each of your turns, you can deal 1d4 bludgeoning damage to one creature grappled by you."
This may not seem like a huge deal to some. I find it incredibly frustrating and annoying that I have to wait a whole turn to be able to do any damage with a grapple.
So what is it? Is the book right (duh?) or is there some errata out there I have missed?
Unfortunately, you don't deal any damage when you initiate the grapple... only when your next turn starts do you get to deal any extra damage.
If you want to deal damage with the act of grappling, you'd have to play as a battlerager Barbarian. I mean... it's kind of a crappy subclass overall and really it's just the pointy armor that class wears that deals the damage. But hey, it's there.
Ok. So in a few places here in the forums AND on Reddit (hold your barf) I've seen a certain thing stated that seems to contradict the book.
Specifically I am talking about the Unarmed Fighting Style feature for fighters (that can also be taken with the Fighting Initiate Feat). In several searches I have found the wording of "... When you successfully start a grapple, you can deal 1d4 bludgeoning." Meanwhile in the book it states that "At the start of each of your turns, you can deal 1d4 bludgeoning damage to one creature grappled by you."
This may not seem like a huge deal to some. I find it incredibly frustrating and annoying that I have to wait a whole turn to be able to do any damage with a grapple.
So what is it? Is the book right (duh?) or is there some errata out there I have missed?
Awaiting responses. Thank you!
I think this may have been posted in the wrong forum? Unearthed Arcana is about playtest material, and while Unarmed Fighting was in playtest before, it's now in an official sourcebook.
Which should answer your question, too - the sourcebook has the correct version, and the other variations you've seen were probably playtest material (that is, the first public iteration before they did any balancing or tweaking). They want to reward you for *maintaining* a grapple, not rapidly starting and stopping it.
If you want to do damage the turn you grapple, take something like the Tavern Brawler feat so you can grapple as a bonus action after attacking.
There's no errata. Correct wording from Tasha's:
At the start of each of your turns, you can deal 1d4 bludgeoning damage to one creature grappled by you.
Unfortunately, you don't deal any damage when you initiate the grapple... only when your next turn starts do you get to deal any extra damage.
If you want to deal damage with the act of grappling, you'd have to play as a battlerager Barbarian. I mean... it's kind of a crappy subclass overall and really it's just the pointy armor that class wears that deals the damage. But hey, it's there.
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