Falling Prone While Prone?

[Fast Learner]

Something confuses me about the description of the Prone Condition in the PHB (page 277). All of the conditions list the things that you can and can't do while in that condition, and how you're affected.

One of the things it lists under Prone, though, is:

You can drop prone as a minor action.

Now... you're already prone, so that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Is it supposed to just effectively be a footnote, letting you know you can become this way on purpose as a minor action? Or is there some difference between being knocked prone (say) and choosing to be prone? Are they different prones?

I'm almost sure it's a footnote (in which case it would be better in parentheses like the other condition footnotes, rather than its own bullet item), but if not, what am I missing?

 

[Mouseferatu]

Yep, poorly differentiated footnote, for those times you want to drop prone deliberately. (Which, while rare, does happen; I did so in my first 4E playtest game ever.)

 

[Kzach]

You collapse in on yourself, creating an extra-dimensional space that can be woven into a Bag of Holding for the party.

 

[OSD]

You climb up a cliff, falling prone on the edge. You suffer -2 to range attack, but your enemies suffer -7 since you have superior cover (they are below you) and because you are prone. Sounds like something I would do :3

 

[Skyscraper]

:3

What's that under the eyes, nostrils?

 

[Fast Learner]

Thanks all. I figured, but hey, I've been dumb plenty of times.