Questions tagged [prone]
For questions centered around a character being prone on the ground and the mechanical impact thereof, as well as related issues: standing up, attacking and defending, and other maneuvers.
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Can a prone player character use a disengage action in DnD 5e?
My pc has been knocked prone. On his turn can he disengage, crawl out of the enemies's melee range, then stand up ?
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Will anything break if prone crossbow-wielders get advantage instead of disadvantage?
Being prone imposes disadvantage on attacks, which makes sense for melee weapons and traditional bows. However, for things like crossbows and firearms, laying prone seems like it should have the ...
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When getting up from prone, do you round down in favor of cost or remaining movement? [duplicate]
Say someone has a speed of 35 feet and they are knocked prone:
On page 190 of the PHB it says under "Being Prone"
Standing up costs more effort; doing so costs an amount of movement equal ...
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Can I knock myself prone? Do I have to spend any movement to do so?
I am building a Drunken Master monk, and came across this subclass feature:
Leap to Your Feet. When you're prone, you can stand up by spending 5 feet of movement, rather than half your speed.
Since ...
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What penalties or conditions apply when a character is sitting on a chair or similar?
Our group surprised an enemy while he was sitting on a sofa (enjoying a slave massaging him), what kind of conditions apply to him?
He is not prone, because to be prone, he should be lying on the ...
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Can I make myself a more difficult target by flying prone?
Prone is a condition to which a creature may be subject.
Conditions alter a creature's capabilities in a variety of ways ... Most conditions ... are impairments, but a few ... can be advantageous.
A ...
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RAW, can I counter the prone condition by falling 5 feet?
It seems like there are several ways to counter the prone condition.
Uncontroversially, a creature may spend half of it's movement to stand
You can drop prone without using any of your speed. ...
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Does a flying, hovering creature need to do a mid-air stand-up from the prone position in order to move?
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Prone is a condition to which a creature may be subject.
Conditions alter a creature's capabilities in a variety of ways ... Most conditions ... are impairments, but a few ... can be ...
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Can Tempestuous Magic be used to end the prone condition?
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There are potentially conflicting rules about ending the prone condition. I have encountered arguments holding a general assumption that the rules specify, a creature must spend half of its ...
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Can a Slowed creature, whose speed has been further reduced, stand up from prone? [duplicate]
A slowed creature moving through difficult terrain would move at 1/4 speed. c.f.
The Slow spell, among others, halves a target's speed:
An affected target's speed is halved
A Slow, prone target has ...
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Does standing up from being prone in difficult terrain consume all of your movement?
The rules for Difficult Terrain stipulate:
You move at half speed in difficult terrain— moving 1 foot in
Difficult Terrain costs 2 feet of speed
while rules for standing up from prone:
Standing up ...
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Blink and the Prone Status Interaction [duplicate]
If a Wizard casts Blink while in the Prone position, when they enter back into the Material Plane, will they still be in the prone position?
From my interpreation of the spell, the Answer is Yes, you ...
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Does grappling a prone creature effectively create the restrained condition?
I need some clarification. I’m playing a barbarian (5e), Path of the Storm Wielder (Journey to Ragnarok) level 5 as of now. If he uses an attack action to shove an opponent prone (and wins the ...
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If a prone Echo Knight fighter makes a ranged attack from the echo's space, and the echo is not prone, would the attack be made without disadvantage?
The description of the Prone condition states, in part (PHB, p. 292; emphasis mine):
The creature has disadvantage on attack rolls.
The description of the Echo Knight fighter's Manifest Echo feature ...
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If you have a reaction that disrupts the trigger, can you cause a creature using Stand to remain Prone?
In a recent bout with lesser deaths, we noticed some particulars about Move Actions that Trigger Reactions. Particularly:
If you use a move action but don’t move out of a square, the trigger instead ...
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