D&D 5E After grabbing a ledge and climbing up, are you also then standing from prone?

[Warmaster Horus]

The game is about story telling, not faithfully recreating physics and kinesiology. Situations like these are what a DM is for and they don't need to be consistent about them unless they want to, because every situation is different. The player can ask, and the DM might say, "Prone", in one case, "Standing" in another, and "If you make your Athletics check by more than 5, the PC can be standing or prone", or whatever.

 

[Meliath1742]

The game is about story telling, not faithfully recreating physics and kinesiology. Situations like these are what a DM is for and they don't need to be consistent about them unless they want to, because every situation is different. The player can ask, and the DM might say, "Prone", in one case, "Standing" in another, and "If you make your Athletics check by more than 5, the PC can be standing or prone", or whatever.

Agreed...sometimes you need to drop the mechanics for story flow. If a bad guy is waiting for you at the top then its more relevant that mechanics come into play.