Re: Mutants & Mastersminds 3 Grab effect
For a grab it's all separate.
Step 1: Attacker makes an attack check against the target. If attack is successful, proceed to step 2, if not, grab fails.
Step 2: Target makes their resistance check.
For target this is: D20+Strength OR Dodge (whichever is better)+Any modifiers imposed by GM/Other effects/etc
They're trying to meet/beat a target number of 10+Attackers Strength or 10+Rank of Grab Effect
If the target passes that check, the grab fails. If the target fails that check, determine the degrees of failure to find out the severity of the grab (restrained, bound, etc).