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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Grayhawk" data-source="post: 1249429" data-attributes="member: 11288">Has there been an official ruling on this, or is it your own reading of the rules?While I can follow your logic, I think it's flawed.It's true that an AoO is resolved before the actions that triggers it, but that doesn't mean that it takes place before that action, rather I'd say it takes place during. (See the 'An AoO "interrupts" the normal flow of actions...' and 'if the AoO was provoked in the midst of a character's turn' in the PH p.137.)Take the example of a spell caster triggering an AoO by casting. If that AoO takes place before the caster actually starts casting, how can it disrupt the spell?The AoO is only resolved prior to the spell to see if it affects the spell.In the same way, it seems logical that the action of standing draws an AoO which is resolved during the act of standing to see whether that AoO has an effect on the attempt to get up, by making a trip attempt, for instance.If nothing else, it seems perfectly realistic that you should be able to knock someone down as they're trying to get up.</blockquote>