Originally Posted by Zorax
I am also not quite sure whether a prone character still gets a reaction...

In 5e rules, yes, in BG3 no.

5e rules, Prone is literally just lying on the ground - you have to spend movement to stand, or move at a crawl, you attack with disadvantage, melee attacks against you have advantage and ranged attacks against you have disadvantage.

In bg3, Prone is paired with literal unconsciousness - slipping on a grease patch renders you completely unconscious and unable to act, react, respond or do anything at all. It skips the remainder of your turn and auto-breaks your concentration.


In terms of revivify - For the sake of a video game translation, I'm okay with these but I'd strongly prefer them being magic scrolls, and not spell scrolls - thus usable by anyone with an action legitimately. If our scrolls were "scrolls of breath returned" or some such, that defined themselves clearly, that would be much better.

Clarification for those confused: A spell scroll is a scroll with a specific spell on it, and can only be cast by a character who has that spell on their class spell list, and using the casting time and other conditions of the spell; a bard can cast a scroll of featherfall with their reaction. A barbarian cannot use the scroll at all. Conversely, magic scrolls contain special, usually unique, magical effects that can resemble spells, or can contain other varied effects too. These aren't specific spells off specific spell lists, and the scrolls are designed to be usable by anyone at all. A "scroll of protection" for example, gives a selection of buffs against certain creatures for a fixed duration - it isn't a particular spell, just a set of effects, and anyone can spend an action to use it.

The scrolls should only be available from our skeletal friend, and they should cost the equivalent price of a third level spell scroll, plus the 300gp material cost that would go into making it.

Last edited by Niara; 18/08/21 12:09 AM.