D&D 5E Grapple prone enemy and fly up

[Rya.Reisender]

If you grapple a prone enemy and fly up in the air, does the enemy remain prone or is that status automatically removed?

 

[Shiroiken]

Prone technically isn't removed when you're off the ground, since becoming prone causes a flying creature to fall, although the DM may rule otherwise based on the specifics. For example, a humanoid grappling a prone humanoid won't keep them prone, while a huge dragon picking them up in their claws would (IMO).

 

[Paul Farquhar]

The DM decides based on what makes narrative sense.

 

[aco175]

I'm having a hard time picturing how one would grapple a prone target unless you go prone yourself or you would need to pick them up, at least partially. Giant monsters and such would count as something else. I would say that they lose the prone condition, but there are wacky rules around that do things like have snakes go prone and such that force one to be creative with the narrative.

 

[Andvari]

What does a prone snake look like?

 

[Fanaelialae]

While it is up to the DM, I'd just rule it remains prone. Simple and fair. Narratively, the grappler grabs the target by the ankle and flies up.

 

[Rya.Reisender]

If the enemy remains prone, does he still remain in the air? I assume the falling to the ground immediately only applies to becoming prone but not to being prone, right?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

If the enemy remains prone, does he still remain in the air? I assume the falling to the ground immediately only applies to becoming prone but not to being prone, right?

Given that this would make it impossible to ever pick something up and fly away with it (unless it was immune to prone, like a beholder) I think it's very unlikely and DM would ever rule that way!

 

[Fanaelialae]

If the enemy remains prone, does he still remain in the air? I assume the falling to the ground immediately only applies to becoming prone but not to being prone, right?

Being knocked prone only causes one to fall if they are flying under their own power (and even then, I believe it is limited to natural flight). A prone creature that is grappled and dragged into the air isn't flying; it's just grappled by a flying creature. Of course, if you knock the flying creature prone, they both fall.

 

[Dross]

I would probably go prone-light.
Anything towards/against the grappler by the grappled is as if prone.
For anyone else not prone.

I would do this because:
What do you do when someone targets the grappled flying prone person with a ranged attack?

Prone would mean disadvantage, but in this case I don't see it applying.
Keeping prone v the grappler keeps that beneficial situation for the grappled.