can you shift while prone?

[Thordain]

I don't see anything prohibiting this RAW, but I wanted to check here.

 

[Hypersmurf]

I don't see anything prohibiting this RAW, but I wanted to check here.

The PHB errata forbid movement while prone, except for crawling, teleportation, or forced movement.

No walking, running, shifting, or charging...

-Hyp.

 

[mflayermonk]

Does forced movement include a Warlord's Wolf Pack Tactics?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Does forced movement include a Warlord's Wolf Pack Tactics?

Forced Movement is Push, Pull, or Slide.

If a power says "You slide the target", it's forced movement. If the power says "The target shifts", it isn't - even if he doesn't have an option.

So Wolf Pack Tactics is not forced movement (it's a shift). White Raven Onslaught is (it's a slide).

Come and Get It, pre-errata, is not - it's a shift (even though they must shift). Post-errata, it is - it's a pull.

-Hyp.

 

[excepti0n]

If an ally stands in the space of a prone character then the player may shift when standing up as a free action. My players have used that tactic a couple times now. But if you want to stay prone then you can't

PHB p.292
Stand Up
If you’ve been knocked prone, you need to take a move action to get back on your feet.
STAND UP: MOVE ACTION
- Unoccupied Space: If your space is not occupied by another creature, you stand up where you are.
- Occupied Space: If your space is occupied by another creature, you can shift 1 square, as part of this move action, to stand up in an adjacent unoccupied space. If your space and all adjacent squares are occupied by other creatures, you can’t stand up.

 

[brehobit]

Other than movement are there any restrictions on what a prone character can do? Can they take OAs? Do you get the squeezing penalties if you have two characters in the same space, one of which is prone?

Mark

 

[Thordain]

thanks for the replies!