Rules Update: Session 7

I made a few notes after the last session which we should remember in future:

Drawing/Readying Weapons and Shields:

AT FIRST it is a MOVE EQUIVALENT action to do the following:

• draw a weapon
• ready a shield
• loose a shield

HOWEVER, once you have a +1 base attack bonus (this currently applies to Tam, Gregory, and Oreth, but not Lareth), then you can take any ONE of the above three actions in CONJUNCTION with another move action, to reflect your combat aptitude.  Dropping a weapon remains a FREE ACTION.

For example:

1. Tam is covering the party's retreat before an overwhelming horde of goblins.  On his turn, he decides to (STANDARD ACTION) hurl his spear at the first oncoming goblin, then takes falls back 20 feet (MOVE ACTION), drawing his bastard sword as he does so (as part of the MOVE ACTION) in preperation for the onslaught.
2. Oreth has been hurling sling bullets into the fray but notices an opportunity to flank the bestial warrior battling Tam.  On his turn, Oreth drops his sling (FREE ACTION) and darts forwards (MOVE ACTION), drawing his scimitar (as part of the MOVE ACTION) and slicing into the foe (STANDARD ACTION) in one graceful movement.
3. Gregory sees a blasphemous cleric of a dark power and is filled with righteous fury.  Trusting in St. Cuthbert to shield him as he charges (MOVE ACTION), Gregory flings aside his shield (included in MOVE ACTION) and raises his mace above his head two handed as he brings it crashing down on his foe (STANDARD ACTION, deals one and a half times the strength bonus due to two handed fighting).

Standing Up from Prone

This has been bothering me since last session when, despite being surrounded, Belsag 'the Hunter' stood up from prone (after incredibly being tripped by Marrok!) without you guys getting any attacks of opportunity.  Now according to the letter of the 3.0 Edition Rules (see page 128), standing from prone does not provoke attacks of opportunity, BUT, given that movement THROUGH threatened squares provokes an attack of opportunity, it seems ludicrous not to allow this.  Also, I have noted that in 3.5 Edition Rules they make this change.  So while I am normally loathe to mix editions/house-rule unless there is a very compelling reason and I've checked out its other implications for the game - I say that standing from prone counts the same as moving through a threatened square in terms of attacks of opportunity.