Standing Up From Prone

[Presto]

Does standing up from prone provoke an opportunity attack? Unlike the other forms of movement, the entry for it doesn't say one way or the other. I know in 3.5 it did, but I wasn't sure if it rang true for this system. The errata didn't have anything in it on this as far as I could tell

Thanks for the help,
Presto

 

[Piratecat]

Nope, it doesn't in 4e.

And I'll slide this over to Rules.

 

[DracoSuave]

OAs are provoked by: Leaving an adjacent square; using a ranged or area power; or by making a ranged or area attack. Standing from prone is none of these three things. It therefore does not provoke.

 

[On Puget Sound]

It doesn't, but I thought it might be fun if it did sometimes. So I let my players roll Acrobatics vs Reflex if they want to (vs all adjacent enemies) to stand up as a Minor, rather than a Move action, and take OAs from every foe whose Reflex exceeded their roll. Of course they can still choose to get up carefully, use a Move action and not take OAs....but people always seem to be in a hurry.

oops... that might get this thread moved AGAIN, to House Rules.

 

[DracoSuave]

That idea might have merit, however do understand that it -severly- gimps ranged powers that knock prone. Such powers are often used to keep an enemy away from the party, or at least, deny them a move-and-attack option, which can be just as effective. If you're using prone-as-control, this option does hurt such characters.

 

[Bold or Stupid]

I'd like to see a few more monsters that can hit you for standing up, ala the statues in last years gamesday adventure, they were fun and nasty.

 

[DracoSuave]

Heh. I liked Icy Terraining those statues.

And they were mean.

But they're soldiers, so they're supposed to be of the 'tie you down' type.

 

[On Puget Sound]

I wouldn't have monsters do it, unless they were supposed to be exceptionally acrobatic monsters. So it shouldn't usually hurt ranged knockdown for players.

 

[Jack99]

Nope, it doesn't in 4e.

And I'll slide this over to Rules.

I see what you did just there. Funny Kitty.

 

[CaradocMacCameron]

I guess by rule the is NO Opportunity Attack from Prone to Standing, since there is no movement OUT of a square, we have House Ruled that standing DOES draw OA's.

We've found this makes attacks that cause the Prone condition in melee much more exciting. Otherwise they're kinda lame.