@pathfinder Does Stay down proccing on an enemy standing up prevent Reactive Strike of another character from working on that same enemy? Does Topple Foe from Marshal archetype attempt to Trip an enemy before or after the Reactive strike if the trigger was a reactive strike for re-prone pseudo-Stay Down purposes?
The thing is, preventing someone from getting up - especially someone with any amount of combaat training - involves a lot more than just standing next to them. You have to get your weight on top of them, and then usually attack or manipulate one of the limbs.
That is not an act that leaves you out of the way. It kind of means being on top of the target, at least while you’re forcing them baack down.
So, the Stay Down reaction kind of needs to be imagined as something that interferes with a strike that can be done without risking an ally.
But it doesn’t require being on top of them for the whole 6 second round. I view it as a brief shove, disrupting their action. Someone else can easily act before or after you. Or, as you described it as a foot stomp, they could act at the same time, on a part of the body that is…not where your foot is.