or stunned... yeah i think this is a bug

You mean you can't?  Pfft, not a problem for me.

What about "dodge" while prone??  I've seen that, I was like WHAT???!?!?!! 

Guess you've never seen a Jackie Chan movie.

Im confused ... doesn't take much these days tho

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

make it a high-end dodge trait!

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

That's fair enough, I agree that would be confusing.

Another idea, resurrected from discussion in 425343:

A counterattack could interrupt the spell, being clearly indicated by "spell interrupted" message. Then mages have a choice: battlemages may carry a dagger/sword to defend themselves in melee at the expense of their spells, while archmages skip the blade to focus their attention entirely on their spells, and give up the ablility to dish out free damage in melee. The blade initiative bonus adds even more choices to the mix.

On the other hand, fast attackers who spot a caster with a blade can try to force a counterattack to interrupt the spell.

Shh , I always ignore stuff like that

Sincerely
~ Kongdj

Graceful is for the initiative bonus, knockdown resistance is just a freebie.

Misunderstood. I interpreted your "forget graceful on high level assassins" to mean "one shouldn't take graceful for high level assassins".

Very fair point about mounts, I don't remember the last time I saw a prone champion. I actually find it strange that all mounts provide immunity from knockdown; this severely handicaps air elementals and makes titan's breath somewhat underpowered by the time you can actually cast it. I'd be ok with this bonus being restricted to epic equipment and the more massive of the mounts like the warhorse, bear, umberdroth, and that giant spider thing that comes with one of the champions. Standard horses and wargs provide movement and initiative/capacity only.

Good point on Isildur

I favour ditching the no-prone ability from horses.