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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr Tenebrous" data-source="post: 358919" data-attributes="member: 7031">Every so often, I get a situation where either the PC's or the villians will have two or three people in the same square.  For example, in a 5' wide corridor, a monster surprises the mage at the rear of the party, and does lots of damage.  Do initiative, and everybody but the mage beats the monster.  Fighter one decides to bull rush it, to get it away from the mage.  Per the rules, he moves through the other players squares, including the mage, just fine.  However, he blows the bull rush roll, and gets pushed back 5 feet into the mages square, where he falls prone.  Fighter two does the very same thing.  So now you have one square with three people in it, one standing and two prone.  What will this do to the mage's AC?  If he wasn't flat-footed, how would it affect dex bonus to AC?  When it's the mages turn, how might this affect his combat or movement?Let's make this even more fun by paralizing the mage.  Fighter one stands up, and boldly attacks the monster.  The mage is standing frozen in the square, and fighter two is still underfoot.  How would this affect things?Another situation would be a party of six in a 10' wide corridor (2 abreast, 3 deep), who are facing a gelatinous cube right in front of them.  They boldly attack, but neglect to fall back.  The cube then moves forward and attempts to engulf, but they all make their saves, and are pushed back.  So you end up with three people in each of the 5' squares in front of the cube, all presumably standing upright.  How would this affect a character that decides to do a melee attack?I've managed to wing it reasonably well when these sorta things come up, but would like to see if anybody has any suggestions for general rules to cover this stuff. (Or can tell me if I missed them somewhere in PHB or DMG).</blockquote>

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