Grab Question

[mobulis]

My char can fly, if my char is grabbed by someone who's weight is such that his str can lift it can he still fly thus forcing the grabber to choose either let go or be carried into the air to maintain the grab. 

[Steve Long]

I’m going to rephrase the question generically to make the answer more generally applicable:

 

Q:  Can a Grabbed character use any form of movement to either help him break free or to move the Grabbing character along with him?

 

A:  Generally the answer is no — a Grabbed character stops moving, and cannot initiate any movement until he breaks free. (See 6E2 64, top left.) But in light of common sense, dramatic sense, and special effects, the GM may choose to allow this, but should consider the following:

 

—if the movement ability comes from an Accessible Focus or a Restrainable Power it can never be used while Grabbed. The same may apply to most forms of Physical Manifestation as well.

 

—using movement to escape from a Grab adds to STR as discussed on 6E2 25.

 

—Teleportation by definition allows a character to escape from Grabs, as stated on 6E1 300 (which also has rules for a teleporting character “dragging along” the character Grabbing him).

 

—the GM should factor the Grabbed character’s STR into the decision. If he doesn’t have enough STR to move the Grabbing character under ordinary circumstances, it’s highly unlikely that adding movement into the mix would matter.