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Message: <blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 2898236" data-attributes="member: 3192">Table 8-6: Armor Class Modifiers on PHB p151 lists "Kneeling or Sitting" as a position a defender can be in.  (-2 AC to melee attacks and +2 AC vs. ranged attack)My question is: How do combatants move to a Kneeling or Sitting position and does it incur an attack of opportunity?Dropping Prone is a free action incurring no AoO.  Standing up from Prone is a move action and incurs an AoO. My guess is dropping to kneeling/sitting is a free action without AoO.  But is standing up from kneeling or sitting a move action?  Does it incur an AoO?Also, what about moving up to kneeling or sitting position from Prone?  I'd say it is safe to assume dropping to Prone from kneeling or sitting is still a free action without AoO.In my own game I've ruled: Moving from Prone to kneeling/sitting is a Move Equivalent action that does not incur an AoO.  Getting up from kneeling/sitting to a standing position is the same.  So a tripped or fallen foe could take a Full Round action to stand up without an AoO.But do the rules bear this out?Lastly, there are no rules on Table 8-5:Attack Roll Modifiers for attacking from a kneeling/sitting position.  I'm going to assume they are the same as attacking from a prone position.  But what is actual rule for this in the SRD?</blockquote>