Improved Grapple

(Deities and Demigods, page 51, DnD 3.0)

[General]

The deity is skilled in martial arts that emphasize holds and throws.

Prerequisite

Improved Unarmed Strike

Benefit

If the deity hits with an unarmed strike, it deals normal damage and can attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. No initial touch attack is required. The deity can deal normal damage while grappling, rather than subdual damage, without suffering a penalty on its grapple check.

Normal

Characters without this feat make a melee touch attack to grab their opponent and provoke an attack of opportunity doing so. They also suffer a -4 penalty on their grapple checks when trying to deal normal damage in a grapple.