Vanligtvis ja.
De olika reglerna i griphandlingen hänvisar upprepade gånger till huruvida du inte griper eller inte, som inte har gripit vem:
If you succeed, you and your target are now grappling [...]
While you’re grappling, [...]
[...] while grappling
Kanske mest uppriktigt:
When you are grappling (regardless of who started the grapple), [...]
Det finns dock undantag. Förbättrad grepp har till exempel följande:
The creature has the option to [...] simply use the part of its body it used in the improved grab to hold the opponent. If it chooses to do [this], it takes a −20 penalty on grapple checks, but is not considered grappled itself; the creature does not lose its Dexterity bonus to AC, still threatens an area, and can use its remaining attacks against other opponents.