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<blockquote data-quote="Khaalis" data-source="post: 6408341" data-attributes="member: 2167"><p>I'm actually not sure this is an advantage in 5E as it costs one of the more precious action slots. I'm also not certain it really needs the restriction of free hand. Even someone wielding a shield and sword can help someone up. Additionally, I'm not sold on the Opportunity Attack. In the RAW to date, the only thing that provokes OA is moving out of reach without using Disengage (or Teleport). I'm not sure I'd want to start stacking on corner cases to that. The argument can be made that even though you are aiding an ally, you are using an action to do so while remaining wary of your surroundings (similar to the Hide/Perception rules in combat). With that said, in 4E <em>Stand Up</em> required a full Move Action, while in 5E it only takes Half your Move Speed. I might rework this slightly to keep within the same resource expenditure.</p><p></p><p><strong>Help Up</strong> (Action)</p><p>As a bonus action, you can help an adjacent creature of your size or smaller stand up from prone. Doing so reduces the creature's movement cost of standing up to 5 feet. However, the creature still cannot stand if their speed is a 0.</p><p></p><p>Thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Khaalis, post: 6408341, member: 2167"] I'm actually not sure this is an advantage in 5E as it costs one of the more precious action slots. I'm also not certain it really needs the restriction of free hand. Even someone wielding a shield and sword can help someone up. Additionally, I'm not sold on the Opportunity Attack. In the RAW to date, the only thing that provokes OA is moving out of reach without using Disengage (or Teleport). I'm not sure I'd want to start stacking on corner cases to that. The argument can be made that even though you are aiding an ally, you are using an action to do so while remaining wary of your surroundings (similar to the Hide/Perception rules in combat). With that said, in 4E [i]Stand Up[/i] required a full Move Action, while in 5E it only takes Half your Move Speed. I might rework this slightly to keep within the same resource expenditure. [b]Help Up[/b] (Action) As a bonus action, you can help an adjacent creature of your size or smaller stand up from prone. Doing so reduces the creature's movement cost of standing up to 5 feet. However, the creature still cannot stand if their speed is a 0. Thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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