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<blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 4338433" data-attributes="member: 807">Although similar in end-result on the board, the mechanics are very different based on the simple wording of shift vs. slide.Slide you can do to a target (regardless of terrain difficulties and in my own interpretation regardless of being prone).&nbsp; you can even slide someone who is held/immobilized/slowed/etcShift requires the the person to not be immobilized and otherwise free to move.&nbsp; And you can't shift in to difficult terrain.So the question really boils down to whether a prone person can shift or not&nbsp; (the fact that you cause the shifting is irrelevant for the purpose of the question).As to the answer to that, I have no idea (books aren't nearby, though guessing it's not spelled out explicitly since no one else has said so...&nbsp; but if you want to take the &quot;rule by exception' concept, since there is nothing in prone about _not_ being able to shift (and shifting being a regular rule) then you could say that the prone person can shift within the normal confines of shifting rules (i.e. can't be immobilized, can't shift in to difficult terrain, etc).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fba827, post: 4338433, member: 807"] Although similar in end-result on the board, the mechanics are very different based on the simple wording of shift vs. slide. Slide you can do to a target (regardless of terrain difficulties and in my own interpretation regardless of being prone). you can even slide someone who is held/immobilized/slowed/etc Shift requires the the person to not be immobilized and otherwise free to move. And you can't shift in to difficult terrain. So the question really boils down to whether a prone person can shift or not (the fact that you cause the shifting is irrelevant for the purpose of the question). As to the answer to that, I have no idea (books aren't nearby, though guessing it's not spelled out explicitly since no one else has said so... but if you want to take the "rule by exception' concept, since there is nothing in prone about _not_ being able to shift (and shifting being a regular rule) then you could say that the prone person can shift within the normal confines of shifting rules (i.e. can't be immobilized, can't shift in to difficult terrain, etc). [/QUOTE]

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