Get up from Prone, Take a 5 ft. step, and Lay on hands to an ally?

[warren Burgess]

Greetings all
I had this come up in a resent game The Party Paladin was just woken up by and ambush and did this set of actions:Get up from Prone, Take a 5 ft. step, and Lay on hands to a wounded ally?

While at the time I though it was to many move actions (he at first claimed that Lay on hands was a move action (its not it is a standard action)but could you take a 5ft. step after taking a Move action to stand up then take a standard action?
if Not could someone show me where it is in the core book?
The help would be Great Thanks

[Serisan]

warren Burgess wrote:

Greetings all

I had this come up in a resent game The Party Paladin was just woken up by and ambush and did this set of actions:Get up from Prone, Take a 5 ft. step, and Lay on hands to a wounded ally?

While at the time I though it was to many move actions (he at first claimed that Lay on hands was a move action (its not it is a standard action)but could you take a 5ft. step after taking a Move action to stand up then take a standard action?
if Not could someone show me where it is in the core book?
The help would be Great Thanks

Pg 189

Quote:

You can move 5 feet in any round when you don't perform any other kind of movement.

Standing from prone is movement, which is why it's a Move Action. Illegal selection of actions from the Paladin.

[Edgar Lamoureux]

Actually, standing from prone is a move-equivalent action. When movement is mentioned, it is referencing using a method of movement, such as a climb/fly/land/swim speed, which standing from prone is not. This is a legal combination of actions.

To the OP, a standard action can be switched out for a move action. For example, if you want to move more than once in a round, and don't need to attack, you can turn your standard action into a move action, and proceed to move using it.

[LeadPal]

Serisan wrote:

Pg 189

Quote:

You can move 5 feet in any round when you don't perform any other kind of movement.

Standing from prone is movement, which is why it's a Move Action. Illegal selection of actions from the Paladin.

Valid selection of actions.

PRD wrote:

Move Action

A move action allows you to move up to your speed or perform an action that takes a similar amount of time. See Table: Actions in Combat for other move actions.

You can take a move action in place of a standard action. If you move no actual distance in a round (commonly because you have swapped your move action for one or more equivalent actions), you can take one 5-foot step either before, during, or after the action.

Emphasis added. He spent a move action to stand up, but he's still in the same square, so it isn't really "movement".

Sorry I can't provide a page reference in the core on this, but it shouldn't be hard to find (it's under Actions in Combat).

EDIT: Ninja'd, but at least I'm first with the quote!

[RuyanVe]

Beaten by Edgar. EDIT: and LeadPal.
I fully agree to what he wrote concerning move-equivalent actions and swopping a move action for a standard action.

Ruyan.

[Serisan]

I stand corrected.

[Varthanna]

Serisan wrote:

I stand corrected.

Wow. I wish more people on the internet could say that! Cheers. :)

[Serisan]

Varthanna wrote:

Serisan wrote:

I stand corrected.

Wow. I wish more people on the internet could say that! Cheers. :)

I'm fairly impressed that my admission got 2 favorites and a comment.

[warren Burgess]

Thanks Folks That does Clear it up a lot. ;)