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<blockquote data-quote="kitcik" data-source="post: 6019351" data-attributes="member: 98256"><p>An interesting sidenote from the FAQ:</p><p> </p><p>"<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Can a character use the Tumble skill from a prone</p></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">position? Specifically, if my character is prone, can he use</p></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Tumble to move out of a threatened square without</p></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">provoking an attack of opportunity?</p><p></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><p style="text-align: left">According to a strict reading of the rules, no. The key</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">phrase in the Tumble skill description is this: “Tumble at onehalf</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">speed as part of normal movement. . . .” You can’t move</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">“normally” while prone, thus you can’t use Tumble in this</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">manner while prone.</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">The only “normal” movement allowed while prone is to</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">crawl 5 feet as a move action that provokes attacks of</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">opportunity. I don’t think it stretches the rules unreasonably to</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">allow a character to use Tumble while crawling, but since you</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">can’t crawl at half speed (half of 5 feet is less than a full</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">square), you’d have to take the –10 penalty on the Tumble</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">check for using accelerated tumbling. Thus, a character could</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">make a “crawling Tumble”—think of it as an “action roll” if</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">you prefer—to move 5 feet as a move action without provoking</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">attacks of opportunity; such an action would require a DC 15</p><p>Tumble check with a –10 penalty."</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kitcik, post: 6019351, member: 98256"] An interesting sidenote from the FAQ: "[B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=1][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=1] [LEFT]Can a character use the Tumble skill from a prone position? Specifically, if my character is prone, can he use Tumble to move out of a threatened square without provoking an attack of opportunity?[/LEFT] [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=1][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=1][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=1][LEFT]According to a strict reading of the rules, no. The key phrase in the Tumble skill description is this: “Tumble at onehalf speed as part of normal movement. . . .” You can’t move “normally” while prone, thus you can’t use Tumble in this manner while prone. The only “normal” movement allowed while prone is to crawl 5 feet as a move action that provokes attacks of opportunity. I don’t think it stretches the rules unreasonably to allow a character to use Tumble while crawling, but since you can’t crawl at half speed (half of 5 feet is less than a full square), you’d have to take the –10 penalty on the Tumble check for using accelerated tumbling. Thus, a character could make a “crawling Tumble”—think of it as an “action roll” if you prefer—to move 5 feet as a move action without provoking attacks of opportunity; such an action would require a DC 15[/LEFT] Tumble check with a –10 penalty." [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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