D&D 5E (2024) Changes to the Command spell and its use at the table.

[Clint_L]

What's the difference? The latter should, in theory, result in the former.

The difference is you can move as fast as possible without moving as far as possible, such as by running in a slightly widening spiral. Which is dumb, but a lot less dumb than running off a cliff or into lava.

My point is that people citing a super literal interpretation of RAW are picking which words to be super literal about, probably because they are assuming that “as fast as” equals “as far as.” Which it demonstrably does not.

 

[Lanefan]

The difference is you can move as fast as possible without moving as far as possible, such as by running in a slightly widening spiral.

To me, the words "move away" fairly clearly mean using your move to get as far away from the caster as you can.

Your interpretation is just the sort of shenanigans I was getting at upthread when pointing out to @Reynard the problems with letting players interpret how they obey the command.