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<blockquote data-quote="Maximillian" data-source="post: 4338318" data-attributes="member: 9471">It's kind of funny, actually. There's nothing I can find right now that says you can't move when prone.1.&nbsp; The conditions on page 277 mention penalties to attacks, combat advantage vs melee, bonus to defenses vs ranged. It says you're &quot;lying on the ground,&quot; but never explicitly says you can't move. 2.&nbsp; The crawl entry on page 288 says &quot;you must be prone to crawl,&quot; not &quot;if you are prone you must crawl.&quot;I realize this is stupid. Of course you can't walk when you're lying on the ground, but how difficult would it be to say &quot;you have to crawl when prone,&quot; or &quot;you can't take a normal move or shift when prone.&quot; From a basic reading, the shift entry on page 292 says you &quot;move one square.&quot; Crawl says you move &quot;up to half your movement,&quot; so on the one hand, I think you can still shift one square, as long as your speed is at least 2. On the other hand, you're Crawling and not Shifting. They're different actions, and thus mutually exclusive, so maybe you can't. I'm more partial to this argument, but I can see it either way.Because prone never says you can't shift, it's left unspecified, IMO. I'm going to rule that all movement has to be crawling.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maximillian, post: 4338318, member: 9471"] It's kind of funny, actually. There's nothing I can find right now that says you can't move when prone. 1. The conditions on page 277 mention penalties to attacks, combat advantage vs melee, bonus to defenses vs ranged. It says you're "lying on the ground," but never explicitly says you can't move. 2. The crawl entry on page 288 says "you must be prone to crawl," not "if you are prone you must crawl." I realize this is stupid. Of course you can't walk when you're lying on the ground, but how difficult would it be to say "you have to crawl when prone," or "you can't take a normal move or shift when prone." From a basic reading, the shift entry on page 292 says you "move one square." Crawl says you move "up to half your movement," so on the one hand, I think you can still shift one square, as long as your speed is at least 2. On the other hand, you're Crawling and not Shifting. They're different actions, and thus mutually exclusive, so maybe you can't. I'm more partial to this argument, but I can see it either way. Because prone never says you can't shift, it's left unspecified, IMO. I'm going to rule that all movement has to be crawling. [/QUOTE]

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