Knockdowns and being thrown

Ordinary damage never knocks you down. Only certain heavy attacks do: an ogre's club, a charge, a tail sweep, a pounce, a giant's stomp. A bear rearing onto its hind legs is about to maul you. A fist fighter's Thunderstrike, Battering Ram and leg sweep knock you down too (Fighting with your fists).

• A light knockdown drops you where you stand. A heavy one throws you several metres.
• After a creature's blow you are down for well under a second, then you get up. A fist knockout keeps you down longer: about four seconds from the blow until you stand.
• After a knockdown you are immune to another for about 5 seconds. You will not be pinned down.
• A bigger creature throws you further, and a smaller character flies further.
• Lesser blows make you flinch, stagger or stumble instead.
• The Kick weapon power shoves a person, or a beast no bigger than a wolf, about a metre and a half back and staggers them. With a weapon in your hands, V uses it. Kicked through a raised guard they are still pushed, half as far. Bears, horses, cattle and anything larger stand their ground.
• Being shoved or knocked down breaks off a spell you are casting and the blow you were winding up.