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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 4572732" data-attributes="member: 996">Which, taken to that same degree of precision, contradicts the text that implies that a double-move can only be initiated before moving.  There are three options, here, if you want to cling to an overly precise & litteral interpretation:1) Double-move must be declared before moving, which means a character might decide to move again after completing a move, taking two moves without double-moving.  2) Any second move of the same type becomes a move, which means that you do not have to declare a double move before you begin moving, but can't have two sepparate moves of the same type.3) Double-move must be declared, and it is impossible to take two of the same move actions in a round without declaring that double move before you begin moving.  This means you can walk then decide to shift, moving less than twice your speed or walk, then run, moving /more/ than twice your speed, but never, ever, walk, then decide to walk again, moving about twice your speed.  And that is simply absurd.The sensible alternative might be:You can decide to double-move before you complete your first move, and use the double-move rules.  Or, having completed a move action, you can decide to move, again, without using the double-move rules (which mainly means you might lose a square or two of movement to round-offs due to squares that cost more than 1 movement to enter).Or, slightly less sensible, since it creates a unique declared action rule that can be quite frustrating to the player:  You can decide to double-move only before you have begun moving.  If you do not declare a double-move, once you have begun moving, you cannot use the double-move rules to avoid losing movement to round-offs.  If you /do/ declare a double-move, both move actions (one typically your standard action) are expended, even if you end up deciding to end your movement before moving your speed.</blockquote>

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