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:As a side note, you can't attempt an ukemi when a Setting Sun adept [[SRD:Trip|trips]] you to perform a throw, as he performs the throw ''before'' you actually wind up [[SRD:Prone|prone]]. You would instead attempt the ukemi when you land, assuming that you don't get thrown into a wall or another creature (in that case, you would first attempt to spring off the wall/creature, and then make an attempt to negate falling prone if your attempt to spring off the wall/creature failed). ''Ballista throw''<ref name="tob">[[Publication:Tome of Battle|Tome of Battle (Book of Nine Swords)]]</ref> doesn't allow you to perform an ukemi in response to being thrown into another creature, as the maneuver causes you to be thrown right ''through'' said creature, without losing your momentum, and continue traveling out to 60 ft. away. You may perform an ukemi to negate falling prone when your movement stops, as you fall prone at that point.
|normal=You can't react to a collision with the ground or a wall to stay on your feet and reduce the impact.
|special=Regardless of how you use it, the ukemi technique requires the use of your hands to perform. If you have multiple pairs of hands, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus to Ukemi-granted [[Reflex]] saves per extra pair of hands (for instance, a girallion would get a +2 bonus, and a marilith would get a +4 bonus). If you have an incomplete extra pair of hands (i.e. only 1 extra hand), it only gives you a +1 bonus. If you have only 1 hand free, you take a −4 penalty to Ukemi-granted [[SRD:Reflex|Reflex]] saves. You cannot use Ukemi if you have no hands free, and if you don't have any hands at all, you can't even take this feat.
:Size bonuses and penalties to attack rolls and Armor class Class are also applied to Ukemi-granted Reflex saves. The larger you are, the more difficult it is to perform this technique.
:When you attempt an ukemi, you've already been knocked [[SRD:Prone|prone]] (an ukemi is performed by converting the force of the impact with the ground into momentum that is immediately used to leap back to your feet). Therefore, an ukemi does not benefit from any stability-related bonuses (such as a [[SRD:Dwarves (Race)|dwarf]]'s resistance to being [[SRD:Overrun|overrun]]).
