Can you do anything while grappled?

The answer to this question is yes, you can still take various actions while grappled, including attacking the creature that grappled you, casting spells, and moving around while keeping hold of your grappled target, although some actions may have specific limitations or requirements. While grappled, you can perform any action that doesn’t require two hands, allowing for a range of possibilities in terms of combat, movement, and strategic play.

Frequently Asked Questions about Being Grappled

General FAQs

1. Can you attack of opportunity while grappling?: No, grappled creatures cannot make attacks of opportunity.
2. Can you sneak attack while grappled?: Yes, once you are in a grappling situation, you can use a light weapon and as your foe is denied their Dex bonus, you can sneak attack automatically.
3. Can you move while grappled?: Yes, when you move, you can drag or carry the grappled creature with you, but your speed is halved, unless the creature is two or more sizes smaller than you.

Combat and Actions

4. Can you drink a potion while grappled?: Yes, you can do any action that can be performed using one hand.
5. Can you rage while grappled?: Yes, attempting to grapple or shove a hostile creature does allow you to continue your Rage.
6. Can you wild shape when grappled?: Yes, you can activate supernatural abilities while grappled, and Wildshape is considered a supernatural ability.

Movement and Positioning

7. Can you react while grappled?: Yes, a grappled creature can still attack, take actions/reactions, and still threatens space.
8. Can you blink while grappled?: Yes, if you use Blink and vanish into the Ethereal Plane, the grapple will end.
9. Can you fly while grappling?: No, when you are grappled, all your movement types become zero, meaning you can’t fly.

Escaping and Ending a Grapple

10. Does escaping a grapple count as an attack?: No, escaping a grapple is an action, and not an attack action.
11. Does forced movement break grapple?: Yes, forced movement can break the grapple as it sets the speed of a creature to zero and explicitly allows forced movement to break the grapple.

Spells and Abilities

12. Can you cast while grappled?: Yes, you need one free hand to grapple and one free hand to perform somatic components, so you can both cast and grapple at the same time if the grappler has two functioning limbs.
13. Do you have disadvantage on attacks when grappled?: No, being grappled does not give disadvantage on attacks, though being restrained does.

Equipment and Teleportation

14. Can you use a two-handed weapon while grappled?: Yes, you can grapple while holding a two-handed weapon, but you can’t attack with it while grappling because it requires two hands to attack.
15. Can a grappled creature teleport?: Yes, as long as the teleport doesn’t require you to move, certain types of teleportation can work, such as Misty Step, which does not require movement.