Bellona |
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How is CMD calculated for a flat-footed character?
Any penalties to a creature's AC also apply to its CMD. A flat-footed creature does not add its Dexterity bonus to its CMD.
Any situation that denies you your Dexterity bonus also denies you dodge bonuses.
When I pointed this out in a bug report to Hero Lab, they asked if I had a second source that verifies that the flat-footed state also modifies CMD. They prefer an answer from an official PF game designer, or a FAQ answer. Any idea for how to go about getting that, aside from clicking the FAQ button in a post? :)
Bellona |
Maybe I was over-hasty in calling it a bug, but instead should call it a QoL (quality of life) improvement for the first page of the character sheet. After all, AC gets the regular AC box, the touch AC box, and the flat-footed AC box. So why not a flat-footed CMD box?
(We don't use Hero Lab for in-game adjustments, only for character sheets and spell lists.)