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<blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 1181569" data-attributes="member: 3424">So you'd rather attack with a penalty (-4 to hit) and be easier to hit in melee (-4 to AC) rather than rather than provoke an AOO?&nbsp; Seems rather short-sighted, unless the AOOs are likely to drop you.Personally, I think the tripping rules are fine.&nbsp; You could stand up, take your AOO (which might not even hit) and attack, or go on total defense/fight defensively/use Expertise to increase your AC and stand up with a move action.It is not explicitly stated in the rules, but a character ought to be able to use Tumble to avoid AOOs from standing up from prone.&nbsp; However, since standing up from prone is a move action, and you tumble past opponents at half speed, I'd rule that you need two move actions (a full round action) to tumble up from prone.&nbsp; You'd need to make a Tumble check against each opponent that threatens you to avoid the AOO from that opponent, DC 15 for the first, and +2 to the DC for each subsequent opponent (you pick the order).&nbsp; You could also choose the accelerated tumble option to stand up from prone as a move action, but you take -10 to your Tumble checks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FireLance, post: 1181569, member: 3424"] So you'd rather attack with a penalty (-4 to hit) and be easier to hit in melee (-4 to AC) rather than rather than provoke an AOO? Seems rather short-sighted, unless the AOOs are likely to drop you. Personally, I think the tripping rules are fine. You could stand up, take your AOO (which might not even hit) and attack, or go on total defense/fight defensively/use Expertise to increase your AC and stand up with a move action. It is not explicitly stated in the rules, but a character ought to be able to use Tumble to avoid AOOs from standing up from prone. However, since standing up from prone is a move action, and you tumble past opponents at half speed, I'd rule that you need two move actions (a full round action) to tumble up from prone. You'd need to make a Tumble check against each opponent that threatens you to avoid the AOO from that opponent, DC 15 for the first, and +2 to the DC for each subsequent opponent (you pick the order). You could also choose the accelerated tumble option to stand up from prone as a move action, but you take -10 to your Tumble checks. [/QUOTE]

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