Great White Games/Pinnacle Entertainment Group

[shinryu]

Two interlinked questions:

1) Does getting up from prone (consuming the 2" of movement) count as a "disengagement from melee" and permit a free attack if e.g. someone is stomping on you or wailing on you with a warhammer? It seems like it should do so realistically.

2) If the answer above is "no" (or even if it isn't, actually), is there then any added effect from a Push that knocks someone Prone, or an added effect on a Raise (such as the opponent being Shaken by the Push?) that prevents them getting up immediately? If not, it seems like it's nearly pointless to knock someone Prone as they can get up for free on their next action. So unless you let them act first and hope you get a better card next round or you really, really need to take away that 2" of movement you can't really take advantage of the -2 Parry and Fighting penalty. I assume one could Grapple, then Push, then wail away, but it still significantly diminishes the tactical value of a knockdown.

3) Just to ask for completeness, I'd assume if you're engaged in melee with a prone opponent and you withdraw, he would still get his attack (at a -2 of course)? Or are you no longer considered in melee if he's knocked Prone?

[Clint]