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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8287547" data-attributes="member: 7006">For me, the only time I might attack downed PCs are when the creatures doing so have no other targets within easy reach or those targets are already engaged with their allies so they have the &quot;six seconds&quot; free to spend on the attack.&nbsp; But this usually is only melee combatants who have this availability, because spellcasters and ranged attackers usually have one of the PCs within range to deal with and will not &quot;waste time&quot; in the fight picking over the bodies lying bloody and prone across the battlefield.Last time it happened was when the party was waiting to ambush a 40 member orc raid, and the ranger character was out by herself in the ruins of a small tower ready to attack.&nbsp; But when the ambush happened, she made the mistake of running out of the ruins in the opposite direction of the rest of the party and thus was caught by the back line of the orcs.&nbsp; With 30+ orcs out in front engaging the party... when a few of the half-dozen in the back took the ranger out and she fell... the remaining axe-wielding orcs had nothing better to do that round because all their other possible targets were behind the wall of the 30+ orc allies in front of them.&nbsp; So they just chopped up the downed ranger because why not?&nbsp; Make sure that one ain't getting back up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 8287547, member: 7006"] For me, the only time I might attack downed PCs are when the creatures doing so have no other targets within easy reach or those targets are already engaged with their allies so they have the "six seconds" free to spend on the attack. But this usually is only melee combatants who have this availability, because spellcasters and ranged attackers usually have one of the PCs within range to deal with and will not "waste time" in the fight picking over the bodies lying bloody and prone across the battlefield. Last time it happened was when the party was waiting to ambush a 40 member orc raid, and the ranger character was out by herself in the ruins of a small tower ready to attack. But when the ambush happened, she made the mistake of running out of the ruins in the opposite direction of the rest of the party and thus was caught by the back line of the orcs. With 30+ orcs out in front engaging the party... when a few of the half-dozen in the back took the ranger out and she fell... the remaining axe-wielding orcs had nothing better to do that round because all their other possible targets were behind the wall of the 30+ orc allies in front of them. So they just chopped up the downed ranger because why not? Make sure that one ain't getting back up. [/QUOTE]

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