The Cracking Ice - Chapter 1

Grappling is an opposed roll between the attacker and defender’s Athletics. If the attacker wins, the foe is Entangled. With a raise, he’s Bound. (Success on a foe who was already Entangled makes him Bound.) Bound & Entangled are explained on page 98.If a foe is Bound, the grappler is also Vulnerable while maintaining his hold.The Gang Up bonus applies when grappling a defender, but other maneuvers don’t unless the Game Master rules otherwise in a specific situation.Size Matters: If there’s a difference in Scale between the attacker and defender, the grappler subtracts the difference from his total (the defender does not).Creatures may not generally grapple a foe more than two Sizes larger then themselves unless they have exceptional reach or Strength for their Size (GM’s call).Example: A dragon (Huge +4) tries to pin a half-folk thief (Normal). The difference between Huge and Normal Scales is 4, so the dragon must subtract 4 from its Athletics roll.If an ogre (Normal) tries to wrestle a great white shark (Large +2), he must subtract 2 from his roll.Crush: A grappler may harm someone he’s Entangled or Bound by making an opposed Strength roll as an action on his turn. With success, his attack does his Strength in damage (gaining bonus damage for a raise as normal).