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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ForeverSlayer" data-source="post: 5637994" data-attributes="member: 91812">"Does the freedom of movement spell protect a characterfrom being stunned? The argument is that “stun” is acondition that hinders movement."Freedom of movement is one of those tricky spells that hasa lot of open-ended wording that might lead to confusion. Thespell becomes much more manageable if you just look at it assomething that ignores any physical impediment to movementor actions. If you assign this restriction, then it makes sense thatfreedom of movement works against solid fog, slow, and web;each of these spells puts something in the way of the creaturethat stops them from moving/acting, or specifically targets thecreature’s physical movement.With this interpretation, spells and effects such as holdperson that apply a mental impediment to taking any actionwould not be bypassed by freedom of movement. These aremental effects, and freedom of movement only helps you bypassphysical effects (such as solid fog) or effects that specificallyimpede just your movement, not spells that stop you fromtaking any action, as hold person does.In the same vein, freedom of movement would not work onsomeone who had been turned to stone by a medusa’s gaze orby a flesh to stone spell.To answer the original question, being stunned is one ofthose mental effects and would normally deny a creature theability to act at all. Since it’s not specifically focused on justimpeding movement, and it is a mental, not physicalimpediment, freedom of movement would not help a stunnedcreature to act or move normally.This interpretation of freedom of movement can make iteasier to adjudicate the effects of the spell, but it is also morerestrictive. As always, it will ultimately be up to the DungeonMaster to make the best call as he sees fit for his campaign andplay session.This is from the 3.5 faq.  Stunned is one of those effects that prevent a creature the ability to act at all so no 5-foot step.  So it seems that everyone is wrong to a certain extent here.  Op:  You can either listen to the "advice" of the Faq and not allow FoM to work, or you can follow the "advice" of the Faq and make a DM judgement call.  Seems to me the Faq is more of a "This is how I would handle the situation" because the author is trying to make the ruling easier.  So there you go OP, the info is right there for you to do with what you want.</blockquote>

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