How to setup a "Grappled" effect with a save ends

**bluedreamer** · February 24th, 2015, 06:22

Hi,

Just wondering how to setup a Grappled effect with a SAVE ENDS on a STR 13 DC?

Any idea's tried lots of random stuff that isn't working

TIA

**Zacchaeus** · February 24th, 2015, 19:20

I don't think you can do this. Grappled is not an effect which is recognised by FG so you would have to set that up using an extension such as this https://https://www.fantasygrounds.c...ity-extensions. You could then use that in an IF statement to do stuff. Unfortunately you cannot use that to force a Save. This is one of these things which you would have to do manually I'm afraid.

**bluedreamer** · February 24th, 2015, 19:28

I noticed Grappled is not in the official list of effect but I was trying things like
SAVE: 13 STR
SAVE: 13 strength

Couldn't get FG to do the auto roll though - I know FG is very fussy about format/grammar of an effect

**Trenloe** · February 24th, 2015, 19:50

Effects "effect" the result of a roll - they only trigger their effect when a roll is made; they don't trigger rolls (other than DMGO (ongoing damage) and REGEN (regeneration)).

SAVE is used to adjust the result of a roll of a saving throw with either a numerical or die modifier, not to trigger the actual saving throw.

**bluedreamer** · February 24th, 2015, 19:59

Is there a way to trigger a saving throw - as there is in 4e FG - would be similar to rolling a death save on end-of-turn?

**Trenloe** · February 24th, 2015, 20:04

Originally Posted by bluedreamer

Is there a way to trigger a saving throw - as there is in 4e FG - would be similar to rolling a death save on end-of-turn?

The death save is built into the LUA code of the 5E ruleset. There is not a way to setup/trigger saving throws through effects. The LUA code of the ruleset would have to be modified to do this.

**Griogre** · February 25th, 2015, 01:49

You could, of course, set Grapple up as an at will spell, and have the player cast Grapple.

**Zacchaeus** · February 25th, 2015, 10:36

Quite an elegant solution Griogre.

**bluedreamer** · February 26th, 2015, 17:10

Agree. I like that solution

**Griogre** · February 27th, 2015, 19:51

Glad you liked it.

I've found you can use actions to kinda fill the gaps in special cases.

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