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We had a situation come up tonight in a game that caused some disagreement.
The situation was a PC who was prone 15' from an enemy. He wanted to stand (move action), then bull rush the enemy.
My opinion was that a bull rush (unless made as part of a charge) could only be made against a foe you threaten to start with. Since the PC didn't have enough actions to stand, move to the foe and then attack, nor could he stand and charge, I said that a bull rush was not possible.
The opposing view was that bull rushing inherently involves movement, and so the PC would be able to move and bull rush as part of a single standard action after using a move action to stand.
Thoughts?
He couldn't. Unless he's taking a double move action, he wouldn't be able to both stand and move. And if he did take a double move action, he wouldn't be able to. Bull rush. If he tried saying he was charging, unless he has some ability that let's him stand as a sift, immeadiate or free action, he could not charge as that is a full-round action.
You can make a bull rush as a standard action or as part of a charge, in place of the melee attack. You can only bull rush an opponent who is no more than one size category larger than you. A bull rush attempts to push an opponent straight back without doing any harm. If you do not have the Improved Bull Rush feat, or a similar ability, initiating a bull rush provokes an attack of opportunity from the target of your maneuver.
If your attack is successful, your target is pushed back 5 feet. For every 5 by which your attack exceeds your opponent's CMD you can push the target back an additional 5 feet. You can move with the target if you wish but you must have the available movement to do so. If your attack fails, your movement ends in front of the target.
An enemy being moved by a bull rush does not provoke an attack of opportunity because of the movement unless you possess the Greater Bull Rush feat. You cannot bull rush a creature into a square that is occupied by a solid object or obstacle. If there is another creature in the way of your bull rush, you must immediately make a combat maneuver check to bull rush that creature. You take a –4 penalty on this check for each creature being pushed beyond the first. If you are successful, you can continue to push the creatures a distance equal to the lesser result. For example, if a fighter bull rushes a goblin for a total of 15 feet, but there is another goblin 5 feet behind the first, he must make another combat maneuver check against the second goblin after having pushed the first 5 feet. If his check reveals that he can push the second goblin a total of 20 feet, he can continue to push both goblins another 10 feet (since the first goblin will have moved a total of 15 feet).
No where in the bull rush description does it say that you are required to move. You can move with them after the bull rush, but there's no where that states you have to beforehand.