question about a modified pit / trapdoor

[minmay]

About party states

When the party starts falling down a pit, the party enters a specific state that represents falling down a pit. They don't exit this state until something else makes them enter a new one - usually the "something else" is landing on the ground, which puts the party in the idle state. If you want to extract them from the pit falling state without letting them land the "normal" way, you'll have to find some other way to forcibly change their state.