Bull Rush dominoes?

[Enforcer]

So the Shock Trooper feat (Complete Warrior) allows a Domino Rush maneuver for Bull Rush, but what happens when someone without Shock Trooper bull rushes someone into an occupied square? Does it fail? As far as I can tell, the rules are silent on this issue.

 

[frankthedm]

Auto fail as far as the rules are concered. I'd allow the person doing the bull rush to try to push them both back, but i would not make it easy; the Bull rusher 's original result would have to beat both defenders results combined.

Bull rusher gets a 24
Defender gets a 14
Defender 2 gets 9 or less

Then the bull rusher shoves both back.

 

[Enforcer]

Auto fail as far as the rules are concered.

Where can one find this?

I like your house rule though.

 

[Random Axe]

Where can one find this?

Ending Your Movement: You can't end your movement in the same square as another creature unless it is helpless.

Therefore in the absence of Domino rules, the bullrushed defender can not be pushed into a square occupied by any other (non-helpless) creature. Thus the BR would fail.

 

[Enforcer]

Ah ha! Thanks so much!

 

[Hypersmurf]

Ending Your Movement: You can't end your movement in the same square as another creature unless it is helpless.

Therefore in the absence of Domino rules, the bullrushed defender can not be pushed into a square occupied by any other (non-helpless) creature.

He can't end his movement in a space occupied by any other non-helpless creature.

He can move through the space of a non-helpless creature as long as it's an ally.

So if you bull rush the first creature into a space occupied by his ally, he's fine... until his movement ends. At that point, this comes into play:

Accidentally Ending Movement in an Illegal Space: Sometimes a character ends its movement while moving through a space where it’s not allowed to stop. When that happens, put your miniature in the last legal position you occupied, or the closest legal position, if there’s a legal position that’s closer.

Now, since the last legal position he occupied is now occupied by you (the creature initiating the bull rush), he can't go back there... so he'll end up in the closest legal position. Which may be on the opposite side of the ally (he carries on through that ally's space), or adjacent to the ally, or - in a certain setup, like if you're bull rushing him down a corridor and his ally is standing in front of a closed door, say - it's even possible that he might end up behind you.

-Hyp.