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<onlyinclude>{{3.5e Maneuver
|name=Introduction to Dirt
|discipline=Chthonic Serpent
|type=Strike
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|lvl=2
|prereq=One Chthonic Serpent maneuver
|initiation=standard
|range=Weapon's range
|tsea=t
|subj=One grappled creature
|dur=Instantaneous
|save=Fortitude partial or Reflex negates; see text
|summary=After ensnaring a creature with a Chthonic Serpent [[SRD:Grapple|grappling]] maneuver (such as [[Binding Constrictor (3.5e Maneuver)|Binding Constrictor]]), end the grapple by slamming your victim to the ground.
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''How's that dirt taste, fool?''

You can initiate this maneuver whenever you have a creature grappled by using another Chthonic Serpent maneuver, such as [[Binding Constrictor (3.5e Maneuver)|Binding Constrictor]]. As part of initiating this maneuver, make a [[SRD:Grapple|grapple check]] with a bonus of +1 per two initiator levels. If you succeed, you violently slam your foe to the floor with a flick of your wrist to retract your weapon, dealing 3d6 damage plus an additional 1d6 damage per two initiator levels, knocking the opponent [[SRD:Prone|prone]], and forcing the foe to succeed on a [[Fortitude]] save or be [[SRD:Dazed|dazed]] for 1 round. If you lose the grapple check, you do essentially the same thing, but much more clumsily; as a result, you do half damage, the foe is not subject to dazing (and therefore does not need to make a Fortitude save), and the foe is entitled to a [[Reflex]] save to negate the maneuver outright.

Regardless of the result of the grapple check or saving throw, using this maneuver ends the grapple.

If you are capable of learning 4th-level maneuvers and know at least two other Chthonic Serpent maneuvers, you can initiate this maneuver as a move action.
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Article Balance	High +
Author	Luigifan18 +
Discipline	Chthonic Serpent +
Identifier	3.5e Maneuver +
Level	2 +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Summary	After ensnaring a creature with a Chthonic Serpent grappling maneuver (such as Binding Constrictor), end the grapple by slamming your victim to the ground. +
Title	Introduction to Dirt +
Type	Strike +