grappling and proximity detail (Grappling And Proximity)

Grappling and Proximity

Combatants can have meaningful physical proximity.

Grappling creates a persistent physical relationship between
Characters.

Grappling can affect movement, escape and control of objects.

Wresting and disarming use the same persistent hand/equipment
state as the rest of combat.

Skill

Grappling, breaking free of a hold, dragging a grappled
opponent through an exit, disarming, and wresting a held
object away are all close-contact grip, leverage, and control
techniques, and are all resolved with your Unarmed skill --
even when the item being taken or knocked away is a weapon.

These are opposed attempts: your Unarmed against the other
Character's Unarmed. A tie always favors whoever currently
holds the advantage -- the grapple stands, the drag fails,
the weapon stays in hand, the object stays with its holder.

A Character already being grappled resists a wrest attempt
against them at a disadvantage, on top of the normal contest.

Installed commands

    grapple
        Attempt to grapple, contest, or take over a hold.

    escape
        Struggle to break free of a hold.

    release
        Voluntarily let go of whoever you are grappling.

    disarm
        In combat, attempt to knock a held item from an
        opponent's hand.

    wrest
        Outside combat, attempt to snatch a held item from
        another Character's hand.

Use help <command> for exact syntax.

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