When a creature falls down, or otherwise knocked to the floor. Alternatively, a creature that can choose to go Prone, giving them an angle of defense.
A Prone Creature is a creature that is perpendicular to the ground, making them vulnerable in some ways, and defensive if another. To this end, being Prone is considered a Neutral Condition, as it is a mere change of an entity's being.
The Harmful effects of being Prone are:
The Helpful effects of being Prone are:
- Ranged attacks from creatures on the same perpendicular plane as you have disadvantage (i.e. this does not apply to flying or airborne creatures, just ones on the ground).
- Entities that give the Obscured condition increase in effectiveness by 1 step (1/Lightly Obscure becomes 2/Half-Obscured, 2/Half-Obscured becomes 3/Mostly Obscured, so on and so forth).
