<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Escape artist cannot be used to oppose a grapple, or so the rules state. If read carefully, Escape artist can only be used as a standard action, not as a resist attempt. Initially, you HAVE to grapple. Only when it is your turn can you choose to use Escape Artist. However, given you can be swallowed entirely in one round, it really makes the feat Squirmer something useful to take for prey-types that DO rely on Escape Artist.  I thought you could use Escape artist to avoid the grapple entirely, but I was wrong. Makes Escape Artist still incredibly useful, but not overpowered - since it can only be used on your turn. Check out page 156 of the player's handbook, under 'Escaping a Grapple'. I do not know if these rules were changed somewhere along the way, but I assume they were? EA can CERTAINLY be something incredibly difficult to overcome, if prey is maxxed.</div></div></div>