Mano a Mano:Stance and Position
Stance and Posture
Standing - This is the position where characters are ready to do most actions, but they are also fully exposed to missile weapon attacks such as thrown weapons, slings, bows and guns. While standing a character can move at normal speed and have no special modifiers from this position.
Crouching or Sitting - (This is also known as being "in the semi-prone position.") If a character is crouching or sitting they have a -1 modifier against their hand to hand rolls, and a +1 modifier against being hit by a missile weapon attack. A crouching or sitting character moves only 1/2 as far as they move while standing.
Lying Down - (This is also known as "being in the prone position.") If a character is lying down they have a -2 modifier to all of their hand to hand rolls, but they have a +2 modifier against being hit by missile weapons. A character lying down moves only 1/5 as far as they move while standing.
Getting Up Quickly - It takes one hit point to get from a crouching or sitting position to standing up, or from a lying down position to crouching or sitting. It takes two hit points to get from lying down to standing up. In order to get up this quickly the character must make a success roll using their acrobatics ability. The difficulty of this move is 1 to get from crouching or sitting to standing, or from lying down to crouching or sitting. The difficulty is 2 to get from lying down to standing.
Getting Up Slowly - If the character gets up slowly, they don't need to make a roll. Getting up slowly from a crouching or sitting position to standing takes 1 round. Getting up slowly from a lying down position to crouching or sitting takes 1 round.
Getting Down - The difficulty, time and hit points needed to get into a crouching or sitting position from standing, or to get into a lying down position from crouching, sitting or standing, is the same as going in the opposite direction and can be done slowly or quickly (using hit points and making the difficulty roll.)
