Warrior of the Iron Grip

Warriors of the Iron Grip hone their understanding of martial arts and ki to grapple and disable enemies. They use their mastery of grappling to force combat to end with debilitating techniques and devastating attacks.

Grappling Arts

You have focused your study of martial arts on the ways of grappling and are now a warrior of the Iron Grip.

Improved grappling

You can Grapple a creature as a bonus action and add your wisdom modifier to grappling saving throws and escapes, you can also use your dexterity instead of strength to perform a grapple.

Expanded Techniques

as your understanding of your grappling arts has expanded you have learned new techniques:

Full force takedown: 

As an action, You can expend 2 Ki Points to make an unarmored attack on a grappled target and on a success the target takes damage equal to 3 rolls of your martial arts die + your dexterity modifier, the target is knocked prone and, losses the grappled condition. 

 

Deflect attack: Hip toss 

When you use the deflect attack feature and reduce a melee weapon attack to 0, as part of the same reaction you can make an unarmed strike against the attacker. On a success, they’re knocked prone. When you gain the deflect energy feature, you can use this on a melee spell attack.

 

Rear naked choke: 

You can make an unarmed attack on a grappled target and if you succeed you deal no damage and put them in a choke hold. While in a choke hold, the target cannot use any bonus actions or reactions. At the beginning of the creature’s turn they can make a DC 15 strength check, on a success they lose the grappled condition and on a failure they take damage equal to 2 rolls of your martial arts die + your dex mod. Moving or attacking any creature other than the one you are choking will end this condition. You can use this ability a number of times per short or long rest equal to your dexterity modifier.

 

Empowered focus: 

You can expend 1 Ki point and regain all uses of a grappling technique of your choice. 

Unstoppable Grappling

Your grappling skills improve and your tools become more dangerous 

no limits

You can now grapple creatures up to 2 sizes larger than you as if they were your size.

If a creature fails 2 saving throws against your Rear Naked Choke that creature gains the incapacitated condition.

 

Supreme Mastery

Your skills have transcended traditional mastery and have become an innovation for future generations to study.