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Message: <blockquote data-quote="On Puget Sound" data-source="post: 4339312" data-attributes="member: 68988">My wife and I just finished playing the Shadowhaunt adventure twice, with two different GMs.  One played that you could shift while prone, and wone played that you couldn't (but made an exception when Covering Strike allowed an ally to shift, even though that ally was prone at the time).  This made quite a difference with the two animated statues, due to their "keep them down" and "kick them while they're down" powers. So can you shift while prone?YES - because there is really no difference between standing up (move, no OA) then shifting (move, no OA) or shifting, then standing up.  Because it's cinematic - heroes knocked down are always rolling and tumbling away from the next finishing strike that would pulverize their face.  Because you can do almost anything prone that you can do while standing.  Because there is no rule we can find that says you can't. NO - because knocking someone down is already of very limited use compared to 3E; allowing crawling shifts makes it less worthwhile and fun.  Because you can't shift into difficult terrain, and crawling costs the same movement as difficult terrain.  Because you couldn't "5-foot step" while crawling in 3.5, and it seems wrong to be able to now.  Because there is no rule we can find that says you can. How do you play it?</blockquote>