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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 2609874" data-attributes="member: 23094">Well, we have two pieces of information to help us decide this:1) It's still a full-attack action, and you can explicitly take a 5' step in between any two attacks in a full-attack action.2) We have designer intent, from the Epic feat Improved Whirlwind Attack, which explicitly mentions the availability of 5' steps in between attacks (quoted upthread).I think it helps if you visualize WWA appropriately; it makes the conceptual issues go away and the 5' step makes more sense.  Many people get in their heads that WWA is basically the character spinning in place with their sword held out at arm's length.  Thus, they spin, get a single attack, stop spinning, and then can take their 5' step.While that's fine, I think it really misses the spirit of WWA, as indicated by the prereqs: dodge, mobility, spring attack.For cinematic examples, I recommend just about any Jackie Chan or Three Musketeers movie.  More recently, though, I think that the "Crazy 88s" scene from Kill Bill, Vol. 1 seems to capture what WWA is really about the best.It's not a "spin like a top" move; it's a quick slash, a pivot, a block, a backstep-lunge combo, another pivot 180* around in the opposite direction, and a final thrust through the heart of foe #6.</blockquote>