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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kerbarian" data-source="post: 4995737" data-attributes="member: 40393">So you're saying that charge movement has to be planned out in advance, while the movement from Evasive Strike doesn't?I agree that charge movement has additional restrictions -- but why does that mean it needs to be planned in advance?  Why wouldn't it be legal to take the charge movement one square at a time, just like any other movement, as long as every square abides by the restrictions ("move directly to the nearest square from which you can attack the enemy")?I would say yes, but see below.First, I'm not claiming that my interpretation is the only one that can be supported by RAW.  The rules don't say anything (AFAIK) about any movement being able to be chosen one square at a time, but I think that's how most people play it, and I don't see why charge movement has to be different.I don't see that interpretation as problematic or as a can of worms.  The movement has clear restrictions, and you continue to follow those restrictions for each square of movement, even as the situation changes.  As for turning 90° in the middle of a charge -- that's just an artifact of movement happening in instantaneous chunks.  A lot of movement in D&D looks pretty weird if you think about what it would look like for someone to run that exact path.</blockquote>