Can you bull rush a prone target?

[Benn Roe]

I can't find information about this anywhere. It seems to me it shouldn't work.

[Hama]

No, you can't. It's common sense really. Can you push a person lying on the ground with your hands while running forward? No.

You also can't trip a prone character who is standing up and you get an AOO.

[Benn Roe]

Right, that's why I said it seems to me it shouldn't work. I just can't find any rules that SAY it can't. Normally I'd defer to my GM on this one, but the issue came up in a one vs. one pit battle with no GM. I agree with you, though, it doesn't make any sense. I even laid down on the ground and asked my opponent to try to real life bull rush me to prove my point. He couldn't.

[Starbuck_II]

Benn Roe wrote:

I can't find information about this anywhere. It seems to me it shouldn't work.

I say it should work. It is easier to "roll" a person on ground than standing.

[Starglim]

The rules don't say that you can't and I think it should be possible to kick someone along with sufficient force. I'd give the target a stability bonus. They can't be knocked prone again.

[BigNorseWolf]

Meh. Give em a +4 circumstance bonus to their CMD to resist it. Unless they're gnomes. Then they're just asking to be punted.

[harmor]

Would this be like kicking your opponent in the ribs and they rolled over to the next square - is that the visual?

[Has'Kar]

I believe a literal bull could do a wonderful job of this, and thus a human with good bull studying habits.
Over all, I agree with big norse and starglim. Whilst adding something about grappling them at a negative to pick them up to apply the knock back.