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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mleibrock" data-source="post: 5962384" data-attributes="member: 29548">RulesI've had it posed to me that a character should not be flat-footed and I'm looking over the rules and think I'm at a ruling.  I'd like your input if you'd please.From what I read a character is flat-footed until they act IN combat.  Liath attacked the hellknights which should initiate combat.  So she would not be flat-footed.  Anundr has just gone so he is not flat-footed however the rest of the party is.I'm sure there are forums on this but I can't find any, so I'm asking for your thoughts.  At first I thought I'd think of it as flat-footed means surprised but it really doesn't floow the description I've read:  "A character who has not yet acted during a combat is flat-footed, unable to react normally to the situation. A flat-footed character loses his Dexterity bonus to AC and Combat Maneuver Defense (CMD) (if any) and cannot make attacks of opportunity, unless he has the Combat Reflexes feat or Uncanny Dodge class ability.Characters with Uncanny Dodge retain their Dexterity bonus to their AC and can make attacks of opportunity before they have acted in the first round of combat."</blockquote>