Forced Movement on an Unconscious Creature

[ki11erDM]

I see no reason why a skilled warlord could not get someone to move by authority alone as it happens in RL with some regularity.
There have been dozens and dozens of documented cases of commanders ordering half dead solders to move or solders continuing on after they should clearly be dead... and to say that can’t be done in a fantasy world is a bit off putting to my tastiest.
And to do that by adding more complexity to the game? And nurfing a classes powers for the sake of ‘reality’? Just not a good idea.

 

[Garthanos]

So the answer is "yes" although for any sane DM, it will be "no", or at least "it depends".

It seems the best solution is to rule that "mental forced movement" are a free action*, while "physical forced movement" are not-an-action.

*) you can't take any actions when you're unconscious, not even free ones.

Ah that works great for my blood, how about the term incited movement versus induced movement.

 

[Garthanos]

I see no reason why a skilled warlord could not get someone to move by authority alone as it happens in RL with some regularity.
There have been dozens and dozens of documented cases of commanders ordering half dead solders to move or solders continuing on after they should clearly be dead... and to say that can’t be done in a fantasy world is a bit off putting to my tastiest.
And to do that by adding more complexity to the game? And nurfing a classes powers for the sake of ‘reality’? Just not a good idea.

That is an interesting rational and visualization ... ie treating the warlord inciting an unconscious character to move as being similar to any of his inspiring powers.. ie the target surges becoming conscious enough to move forward and drops. Wow that is actually quite cool it ties in with the "healing" theme of his powers...it models well Are we just talking leader powers here ... I think I have no problems with it.

A fear spell can that make a monster run who is unconcious... is more iffy... and less useful too... wakey wakey.

 

[Lucas Blackstone]

Forced movement works on unconscious creatures. If it makes you feel better, we work the flavor of your power to " make more sense " as much as making sense works in a game with elves, dragons and fireballs.

For instance, Command could be a limited form of telekinesis. This is perfectly legal to say that is your cleric's flavor text for command, as long as no rules are changed for the power. So it would keep the entire power write up, keywords and all, but you simply describe it as whispering divine words that grant you a brief telekinetic effect.

 

[Mort_Q]

Forced movement works on unconscious creatures. If it makes you feel better, we work the flavor of your power to " make more sense " as much as making sense works in a game with elves, dragons and fireballs.

For instance, Command could be a limited form of telekinesis. This is perfectly legal to say that is your cleric's flavor text for command, as long as no rules are changed for the power. So it would keep the entire power write up, keywords and all, but you simply describe it as whispering divine words that grant you a brief telekinetic effect.

Or they stir to consciousness just enough to drag themselves X squares, but the effort causes them to fall unconscious again.