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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ptolemy18" data-source="post: 2043059" data-attributes="member: 24970">This just came up in my last game session... I was wondering if anyone else has had to deal with this.How hard is it to "drag" unconscious characters or other creatures (friend or foe)?In the PHB, it says that a character can drag up to "5x their maximum weight" under normal circumstances. However, it doesn't say how quickly someone moves when they're dragging something which weighs more than they can carry. I'd assume no more than 5 feet per round (just as a total guess). (On the other hand, according to the PHB 3.5 rules as written, is it even possible to move something without taking it into your own "space"? Can you push and pull things without taking them into your own 5-foot space and essentially "carrying" them? Or is this an area where the rules have to be fudged?)Another question: if somebody tries to "drag" somebody out of combat, would this provoke an attack of opportunity? Say that we have a situation like this, with "---" representing the border between a 5-foot space...PLAYER 1  --- PLAYER 2 --- MONSTER 1(nothing)  --- MONSTER 2 --- (nothing)Say Player 2 is knocked unconscious. If Player 1, on their turn, says "I drag player 2 out of combat", can they do this automatically, or would it provoke an attack of opportunity from Monster 2? (I'm assuming Monster 1 wouldn't get an attack of opportunity unless it had 10' reach, of course.)On the other hand... say Player 2 is knocked unconscious and it's Monster 1's turn next. Since Player 1 can't reach Monster 1 to do an attack of opportunity, could Monster 1 drag Player 2 away from Player 1? Let's say for the sake of argument that Monster 1 isn't strong enough to actually pick up Player 2, but would be strong enough to drag them.(Or, alternately.... say that Monster 1 *WAS* strong enough to pick up Player 2. (But just by picking them up... they don't have a swallow attack or anything.) Could Monster 1 pick up Player 2 from the adjacent space, or do they have to move onto the square to pick them up?)Jason</blockquote>

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