Dimers
2011-11-27, 06:00 AM
RISING SURPRISE, or for fans of 3.5 nomenclature, PRONE ATTACK
Prerequisites: 11th level, Dex 13
Benefit: When you stand up from prone, you may make a melee basic attack as a free action. You may not do this during the same turn you became prone.
The "free action" bit means this can't be combined with other free-action attacks (the errata limits you to one per turn), and the line about timing prevents abuses like dropping prone and standing up again on your own turn. I also considered penalizing the MBA by -2 but it doesn't seem necessary for balance; there are enough limitations already, like having to be prone in the first place and having to be within melee range to benefit from it. It's just an occasional extra MBA, nice to have but not game-breaking.
Would this be better the other way around? I.e. if you make a MBA then you may rise from prone as a free action, or perhaps if you make any melee attack.
Prerequisites: 11th level, Dex 13
Benefit: When you stand up from prone, you may make a melee basic attack as a free action. You may not do this during the same turn you became prone.
The "free action" bit means this can't be combined with other free-action attacks (the errata limits you to one per turn), and the line about timing prevents abuses like dropping prone and standing up again on your own turn. I also considered penalizing the MBA by -2 but it doesn't seem necessary for balance; there are enough limitations already, like having to be prone in the first place and having to be within melee range to benefit from it. It's just an occasional extra MBA, nice to have but not game-breaking.
Would this be better the other way around? I.e. if you make a MBA then you may rise from prone as a free action, or perhaps if you make any melee attack.