Prone Step?

[ArchonShiva]

I haven’t managed to find anything which prevents a Step or Retreat from any particular posture. For example, as far as I can tell, you can Step while prone. Is this correct?

Now, moving while prone costs all Movement points (DFE35), so nothing can move more than 1 hex without some special quality. But if you have Move 11, can you *Step* 2 hexes?

[mlangsdorf]

You can't retreat while kneeling (Exploits p 50).

If you have a Move of 11 or more, you can indeed step 2 hexes while lying on your belly. It's a little weird, but it comes up so rarely that I wouldn't worry about it.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by mlangsdorf

If you have a Move of 11 or more, you can indeed step 2 hexes while lying on your belly.

Well, by the rules in DFRPG you can. The rules on Campaigns 367 reduce Move and therefore reduce Step (as that's computed from Move, not Basic Move).

[Kromm]

Originally Posted by mlangsdorf

If you have a Move of 11 or more, you can indeed step 2 hexes while lying on your belly. It's a little weird, but it comes up so rarely that I wouldn't worry about it.

I tend to agree. It most likely looks like rolling/somersaulting, not belly-crawling, if that helps with the visuals.

[Bruno]

We've run with it being rolling around, hasn't produced totally weird results yet.