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    Halfling in the Playground
     
    Lizardfolk

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    Apr 2018

    Default Activating a Magic Item while maintaining a grapple

    By my reading of the SRD, once the grappling state has been established, it requires no further action on my part to maintain it. As such, I could activate a magic item without automatically letting someone I've grappled escape. Correct?

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    Bugbear in the Playground
     
    RedKnightGirl

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    d6 Re: Activating a Magic Item while maintaining a grapple

    Depending on the magic item.

    A ring. Necklace, boots 👢 of flying, cloak(so long as your not trying to magical move dimension door or teleport the unwilling) helm sure no problem.


    Drinking a potion, oil or anything involving your hand to manipulate no.
    9 wisdom true neutral cleric you know you want me in your adventuring party


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    Halfling in the Playground
     
    Lizardfolk

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    Apr 2018

    Default Re: Activating a Magic Item while maintaining a grapple

    Yeah this one's just a Cmd-word activation item of Balor Nimbus. Cool beans.

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    Bugbear in the Playground
     
    BardGuy

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    Default Re: Activating a Magic Item while maintaining a grapple

    "You can activate a magic item, as long as the item doesn’t require a spell completion trigger. You don’t need to make a grapple check to activate the item."
    Spell completion items are defined as being like a spell stored in item form and primarily refers to scrolls.
    Spell trigger items like wands, use-activated items like potions, continuous passive effects, and command word activated effects appear to all be fair game. Based on this bit of the grapple rules, at any rate.
    "Technically correct" is the best kind of correct.

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    Halfling in the Playground
     
    Lizardfolk

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    Apr 2018

    Default Re: Activating a Magic Item while maintaining a grapple

    Again: I knew I could activate the item in a grapple. I just wanted to double check that I don't have to burn my standard action each round just to maintain the grapple. This is for a PC-NPC and I'm trying to figure out a baseline set of tactics. The goal is to activate the item after grappling one of my players without automatically allowing that player to escape.
    Last edited by Learn34; 2021-02-24 at 12:48 PM.

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