Prone, Other Status Effects, and CMD


Rules Questions


Simple question: Would someone being knocked prone lower their CMD? How about if they were blinded?

Got a Combat Maneuver specialist to worry about, and I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything.


ReconstructorFleet wrote:
Simple question: Would someone being knocked prone lower their CMD? How about if they were blinded?

Combat Maneuver Defense: "Any penalties to a creature's AC also apply to its CMD."

Prone: "A prone defender gains a +4 bonus to Armor Class against ranged attacks, but takes a –4 penalty to AC against melee attacks."

Blinded: "The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and..."


DERP! How did I miss that? Thanks Grick.

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