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Message: <blockquote data-quote="2o-Eyed Foe" data-source="post: 1488569" data-attributes="member: 16753">Nope, not at all. And I don't have an issue with the rule, its interpretation, implementation and so forth.The issue was actually initally created with another DM in a campaign in which we were playing in where the 5' step was being abused to the point that it became silly. I don't really feel like getting into all of the details of the actual situation here because not only is it a long and boring tale, but it serves no purpose to my original question. Suffice to say that it involved taking a 5' step as your move equivalent action while drawing a weapon as a free action (during a move) and then attacking. It got worse. Point is it was being abused and became silly.All I really want to know is if anyone out there has 5' step variants which they have tried and found succesful in their campaigns. I don't see where in my original post I ever made mention that moving away from something that was potentially going to attack you was wrong.I know what the point to the 5' step is. I am not trying to take away the ability to use a 5' step to avoid an AoO from my players. I simply am just curious if there are any 5' variants out there. And if so would anybody who has one mind sharing?</blockquote>