Wrestling - Restrain Them

[Saker]

I'm trying to use this in the PbP game.

Do I have to specify what actions that I'm restraining? Either Move or Attack?

I interpreted this game mechanic as equivalent to a pin: restraining everything with the option to prevent them from speaking. The Restrained / pinned victim would have to overcome the Restrain Them / Pin action; then overcome the initial grab, in order to fully escape the grab.

Please clarify. Thanks in advance.

cheers

PS Dustland, please don't take offense at asking the board for a ruling. Whatever you decide will go, of course. I was just hoping to get Bashman to clarify intent.

[BASHMAN]

You need to specify what you are trying to restrain. So when you restrain, you pick to restrain their mouth or their use of a weapon, or their arm, etc- not everything.

[Saker]

Is there a "pin" game mechanic, where you prevent them from doing anything but trying to escape the pin?

[Protheuz]

There is the immobilization power, that does that (for physical pins) and the daze (for mental attacks)

[BASHMAN]

Is there a "pin" game mechanic, where you prevent them from doing anything but trying to escape the pin?

No. However, you can restrain more than one type of action, one panel at a time, until this becomes the only reasonable option.

[Saker]

OH!
So you Retrain their Attack.
Then Restrain their Move in the next Panel.
So they are effectively "pinned" then?
That makes more sense.

cheers

[Dustland]

Wow, I would have never gotten that from the text Bashman (stacking restrained actions from panel to panel).

Well, at least I was half right about a rule interpretation for once!