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<blockquote data-quote="hipster_benches" data-source="post: 9198157" data-attributes="member: 7034484"><p>So this came up in our session last night, and I'm looking for some opinions now. Our Swift Strategist Marshal got stunned by a Vrock. The encounter required some Acrobatics checks, and the Marshal player reminded the other players that they got a bonus because of his Nimble Troops ability. As the GM I asked if that still worked while he was incapacitated, and he said that neither Commanding Presence nor Nimble Troops say anything about them being inactive when unconscious or incapacitated. This surprised me, but I wanted to keep the game moving.</p><p></p><p>After the session I looked into it more, and Commanding Presence usually uses an action which would preclude it from working while incapacitated, but Nimble Troops just works on creatures in the Commanding Presence area, no actions needed. All the other Marshal abilities that reference Commanding Presence either specify they don't work while unconscious, or the Marshal has to use some kind of action to use them so you couldn't use them while incapacitated. It seems very weird that you could help someone with an acrobatics check while unconscious or stunned. Did Nimble Troops just slip through the cracks during editing/play testing? Would it be a bad idea to change all Commanding Presence abilities to not work while incapacitated?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hipster_benches, post: 9198157, member: 7034484"] So this came up in our session last night, and I'm looking for some opinions now. Our Swift Strategist Marshal got stunned by a Vrock. The encounter required some Acrobatics checks, and the Marshal player reminded the other players that they got a bonus because of his Nimble Troops ability. As the GM I asked if that still worked while he was incapacitated, and he said that neither Commanding Presence nor Nimble Troops say anything about them being inactive when unconscious or incapacitated. This surprised me, but I wanted to keep the game moving. After the session I looked into it more, and Commanding Presence usually uses an action which would preclude it from working while incapacitated, but Nimble Troops just works on creatures in the Commanding Presence area, no actions needed. All the other Marshal abilities that reference Commanding Presence either specify they don't work while unconscious, or the Marshal has to use some kind of action to use them so you couldn't use them while incapacitated. It seems very weird that you could help someone with an acrobatics check while unconscious or stunned. Did Nimble Troops just slip through the cracks during editing/play testing? Would it be a bad idea to change all Commanding Presence abilities to not work while incapacitated? [/QUOTE]
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