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Message: <blockquote data-quote="F5" data-source="post: 1815659" data-attributes="member: 4607">I can see where casting prone would be a plus in certain circumstances...You get the +4 bonus to your AC vs ranged attacks when prone.  Wizards and Sorcerers are better off staying out of melee anyway, if possible, and casting from afar.  So, you let the meat-shields run off ahead, drop prone and maybe behind some cover/concealment, and start to lob lighning bolts.  If the enemy retaliates, it will probably be with ranged attacks, which you're protected aganst.  Or they rush you, at which point you move.  It's only a useful tactic when you're facing an enemy with ranged weapons/attacks, which is far enough away that they can't rush you in one round.  But in that specific circumstance, it can be useful.  It's like the arcane equivalent of a machinegun nest...</blockquote>