Grappler

The Grappler, abbreviated as Grp, is one of the roles available for a hero in CrecelleHack. Their corresponding player monster is the @ grappler. Grapplers can be humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes, orcs, kobolds and can be of any alignment.

Starting equipment

Each Grappler starts with the following equipment:

• 3–6 random potions
• 3–6 food rations
• 5–10 apples
• an empty sack
• a pair of uncursed sunglasses

Grapples

⇒⇐ / ⇗⇙ / ⇘⇗: Suplex

⇒⇗ or ⇗⇑: Single-leg takedown

⇒⇖ or ⇗⇐: Leg drag

⇒⇑: Elbow smash

Intrinsics

Grapplers gain the following intrinsic properties upon reaching the given experience levels:

• XL 5: speed
• XL 15: stealth

Skills

Grapplers have the following skills available to them before racial adjustments:

Monk skills
Max	Skills
Basic	Weapons: dagger, knife, pick-axe, mace, hammer, quarterstaff, polearms, unicorn horn Combat: pet handling
Skilled	Weapons: club, spear
Expert	Weapons: flail, darts, Combat: tripping
Master	Combat: martial arts, improvised weapons
Grand Master	Combat: grappling

Grapplers start with Basic skill in martial arts and grappling before racial adjustments. They use the wisdom stat to cast spells, and their special spell is jumping.

Rank titles

The status line displays one of the following ranks for the corresponding experience levels:

• XL 1-2: Jobber
• XL 3-5: Tin Can
• XL 6-9: Deadlifter
• XL 10-13: Wrestler
• XL 14-17: Worker
• XL 18-21: High Flyer
• XL 22-25: Face
• XL 26-29: Babyface
• XL 30: Champ

Gods

• Lawful: Hugo
• Neutral: King
• Chaotic: Vice

History

The grappler role was introduced on April 19th, 2025 in the 1.0 version of CrecelleHack, having undergone mutliple revisions since.

Encyclopedia entry

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
[ Marcus Aurelius ]

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