ENCUMBERED

Understand Neverwinter encumbrance effects: lightly encumbered characters cannot run, heavily encumbered move at 50% speed.

Encumbrance Effects:

• Lightly-encumbered: You cannot run.
• Heavily-encumbered: You move at 50% of your current movement speed and cannot run.

Movement Speed Penalties Chart:

• Not encumbered, not in Active Detect or Stealth Mode: 100% movement speed, can run.
• Active Detect: 100% movement speed, cannot run.
• Stealth: 100% movement speed, cannot run.
• Lightly-encumbered: 100% movement speed, cannot run.
• Two of: Stealth, Detect or lightly-encumbered: 50% movement speed, cannot run.
• Stealth, Detect, and lightly-encumbered: 25% movement speed, cannot run.
• Heavily-encumbered: Additional 50% movement speed reduction, cannot run.

Flat-Footed Status:

A character is considered flat-footed when performing a non-combat task, or when in ready mode, or when moving outside of the combat radius. Flat-footed characters do not add their Dexterity bonus (if any) to their Armor Class (AC) and are susceptible to a Rogue's Sneak Attack. The Uncanny Dodge ability allows Barbarian and Rogue classes to avoid losing their Dexterity bonus to AC when caught flat-footed.

Attacks of Opportunity:

Attacks of Opportunity occur when a melee combatant lets her guard down to execute a non-combat action, allowing nearby combatants to make a free attack on her.