Can a dragon grapple?

The Grapple To begin, the dragon must grapple its target. This is an opposed check of the dragon's athletics vs the target's athletics or acrobatics. If successful, the dragon has grappled its target.
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Can monsters grapple?

Many monsters have special attacks that allow them to quickly grapple prey. When a monster hits with such an attack, it doesn't need to make an additional ability check to determine whether the grapple succeeds, unless the attack says otherwise. A creature grappled by the monster can use its action to try to escape.
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Can a restrained creature grapple?

A target restrained in this manner cannot grapple or shove other creatures, and must succeed on an Intelligence (Arcana) check of DC 10 + spell level in order to cast a spell with somatic components.
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Can anyone grapple in D&D?

You can only target creatures up to one DnD size larger than you, and you must have at least one hand free to grapple with (if you've got a sword and a DnD shield, then no dice). Instead of an attack roll, you make an Athletics check contested by your target's Strength or Dexterity DnD stats.
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Can another creature break a grapple?

Absolutely. Forced movement can break a grapple. For example, shove the grappler out of reach of their target. Grapple broken.
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Grapple and Dragging: Optimizing melee characters in 5e

What breaks grapple?

While Grappled, you can make a Dexterity or Strength saving throw against the grapple's escape DC at the end of each of your turns, ending the Condition on yourself on a success. The Condition also ends if the grappler is Incapacitated or if something moves you outside the grapple's range without using your Speed.
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Can a wolf grapple?

It can if it acts independently, but it still needs a free hand. Technically speaking, you can't give an order to grapple.
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Can a grappled creature be dragged?

Moving a Grappled Creature. 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.
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What is the disadvantage of grapple in D&D?

The effect of grappling has changed too. It used to just restrict movement. Now a grappled creature makes all attacks with disadvantage, EXCEPT those against their grappler. Grappling now has a huge effect compared to 5e, where being grappled was really not a big deal.
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Can you grapple an invisible enemy?

The grappling rules never specify 'A creature you can see', just that you can make it against a creature as part of the Attack action. When you want to grab a creature or wrestle with it, you can use the Attack action to make a Special melee Attack, a grapple.
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Can you grapple someone already grappled?

Yes you can, it wouldn't change much but you can. Now why would you want to grapple a grapple target? Ally is grappled by a tentacle so you grapple your ally to prevent them from being dragged away. Since now the creature would need to break your ally free from your grapple before they can drag them around.
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Can a grappled creature flank?

A grappled creature does threaten (as long as he wields a one handed weapon, holds a melee touch spell charge, has Improved Unnarmed Fighting, etc..), and thus counts to flanking.
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Does forced movement break a grapple?

The Grappled condition explicitly says it can be broken by forced movement like a Telekinetic shove, but the Restrained condition doesn't have that wording. It also doesn't say that the Restrained creature CAN'T be moved by such things.
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Can beasts grapple in D&D?

The grappling action specifically says that it requires at least one hand to grapple. Not all beasts have hands. That's right, the giant eagles of the world cannot grapple their prey and a mother wolf cannot pickup its cub.
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Does stun break a grapple?

So when the grappler is stunned, it is also incapacitated and the grapple ends automatically.
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Can Owlbears grapple?

To use this ability, an owlbear must hit with a claw attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity.
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Can you double grapple in D&D?

2 Answers. A creature can be grappled by multiple creatures, and it has to make a separate escape attempt against each one. A grappled creature's speed becomes 0, and it can't benefit from any bonus to its speed. The condition ends if the grappler is incapacitated (see the condition).
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Does grapple prevent spellcasting?

Grappling doesn't stop spellcasting.
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How do you escape a grapple in D&D?

Escaping a Grapple : A Grappled creature can use its action to escape. To do so, it must succeed on a Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check contested by your Strength (Athletics) check.
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Can you drink a potion while grappled?

If you mean that he drinks a potion instead of breaking the grapple, then answer is yes, you can do any action that can be performed using one hand.
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Can a grappled creature teleport?

As long as the spell or ability you're using doesn't require you to move(such as to step through a portal), you can do it. So Misty Step, Misty Escape, Fey Step, Shadow Step, Teleport, Dimension Door all work.
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Can you dodge if grappled?

The dodge action ends if your PC's speed drops to 0.

This is because your PC can't dodge if they can't move. Conditions that negate movement speed include: Grappled.
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Can a man fight a wolf with a knife?

A knife will not be enough. But let's say the situation is that you are hunting a wolf - and you're one on one - and you have a knife and the wolf has … himself. Most men will die in that situation or get injured severely.
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Can a dog outrun a wolf?

Do dogs run faster than wolves? The great majority not. Though the Saluki@ 42 mph or say the Afghan Hound for example ( 40 mph) have far far more stamina at top speed than Wolves do. So would overtake a Wolf- with ease.
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Could a wolf carry a human?

As others pointed out, wolves won't be strong enough to run while carrying an armed adult.
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