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It is a move action, though you didn't move, so the character can still move using it's standard action to do so.
AoO use the Prone AC to hit a character that is standing up. (You are still taking a -4 to AC until you complete your move to stand up)
There are a few trip masters around my area, this is one rule that is well known around here.
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Does standing up from prone count as a non move move action like a 5 foot step or like a normal move action?
There has been some disagreement over this one. The way I read the rules is that standing from prone is a move-equivalent action (meaning that the action is not considered movement since no actual distance is moved). Thus, a 5-foot step can also be done in the same round if the standard action is not used for movement.
When you stand up from prone and provoke an Attack of Opportunity do you take the penalties from being prone for those attacks or not?
Yes, the penalties apply. When an AOO occurs, it interrupts the action before the action is made...so the target is still considered prone.
I have many times stood up, used a 5 foot step, then attacked. I also know two paizonites who allow this sequence.
And, yes, as noted before, you count as prone until the action is complete.
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Not sure about the 5 foot step, I have had it ruled both ways in game. My understanding is that standing up takes the place of a 5 foot step, even though it provokes. If the threatening enemy has combat reflexes, moving away in the same turn has clobbered me in the past.
I also can agree that it makes sense to be allowed to 5 foot step after taking a hit when the character stood up. That would make sense to me, but, again, a GM in a game has ruled against this a couple of times.
Moving, in PF, is defined as 'exiting one square and entering another'. Standing up from prone is a move-equivalent action, but does not count as moving.
You're not allowed movement (distance) if you've taken a 5 ft step, and you're not allowed a 5 ft step if you've taken movement (distance).
So, standing 5 ft step, then standard action is completely legal. Standing is a move, 5 ft isn't an action, then anything that costs a standard or less may be preformed as long as it isn't distance move action.
Standing up provokes, and you will still be qualified as prone if an AoO is taken upon you.
Since were all on the subject
is there a non 3-10 feat intensive way to stand up from prone without drawing an attack of opportunity?
I remember there was some kind of class where you had to drive a bus for the elderly in real life to get a boon so that you can apply it to your 21 level fighter so that only on Thursdays he....
You are allowed 5-foot step if you did not moved any distance. Spending your move action to stand up from prone does not make you move any distance. Thus, you are allowed to make 5-foot step.