Question on New Prone Not being Displayed

[LordEntrails]

[CoreRPG+] Application of Dead, Dying, Prone, Stable, and Unconscious effects will no longer be shown to players for non-friendly actors.


I understand that players would not know Dead, Dying, Stable, Unconscious conditions for non-friendly actors, but isn't Prone something obvious and would be known by everyone? What am I missing?

[johnecc]

I was just about to raise the same point after reading the change list.

I agree the other effects are not immediately obvious during combat, but if someone is prone as opposed to standing, it is fairly obvious. Also, tactically it can make a difference on who/how you attack. Example, in 5e you have disadvantage on ranged attacks against prone targets, so you may want to target another.

[Moon Wizard]

After investigation, it appears to be some sort of behavior specific to Starfinder that did not mirror Pathfinder like it should. I've updated the SFRPG ruleset to match; and removed the mention of Prone being affected.

Regards,
JPG

[LordEntrails]

Thanks Moon :)
My familiarity/interest is 5E, but would seem t be universal to other rulesets as well. Looking forward to all these improvements.