To begin a grapple / be a dominant grappler, your hands must be free; being a Naga grants you some bonuses for the coils, but for the sake of balancement even Nagas and Araniders must use their human hands to grap their preys<img alt=":-D" src="./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" title="Very Happy"/><br/>Bucklers leave your hands free, so you can wear them and still grapple; handblades must be held, so you cant' grapple with them. Speaking of "handblades" I mean something like this:m<a class="postlink" href="http://images02.olx.com/ui/1/32/32/3443032_1.jpg">http://images02.olx.com/ui/1/32/32/3443032_1.jpg</a>m<br/>There will probably be advanced weapons that can be mounted on vambraces and used without helding them, but not at the beginning<img alt=":-D" src="./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" title="Very Happy"/>