Quote Originally Posted by Psyren View Post
How is this "optimizing heavily?" Literally the only item he has that isn't melee standard issue is the dusty rose prism ioun stone. Everything else is baseline competency or even just irrelevant to grappling in general. Furthermore, he is using the lowest point buy option available (15) - make it 20 or 25 and he can start the game with even better stats, pushing the numbers further to succeeding on a 3 or possibly less.
"Optimizing heavily" might not have been quite the right phrasing; "focusing heavily" is better. He's got 20 levels in class that essentially does nothing but grapple, several feats, multiple magic items and buff spells. He's dedicated himself to one thing, and he's good at it. Game functioning as intended; carry on.