Stalker0 said:This is not true, a 5 foot step is a special game mechanic...it is not simply moving 5 feet.
For example, if your speed is reduced or hampered because of terrain, you can move 5 feet, but you CANNOT take a 5 foot step.
I don’t have the texts in front of me right this second however: The scenario you use above cannot happen in the game – one’s movement is never “hampered” to the point of moving only five feet in the sense that you state. The language used in the rules is “cost”. As in “it costs 10 feet of movement to move 5 feet” or something to that effect. Thus in that scenario it is not possible to make a 5 foot step or move whichever you choose to call it.
I do not see anywhere in the RAW where it differentiates between the two “step” and “move”. If there is I stand corrected – but the above still holds