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<blockquote data-quote="Empirate" data-source="post: 6272804" data-attributes="member: 78958">Actually, yes, that makes perfect sense to me (except for the doing jumping jacks and dancing a jig part): normally, people move normally. I.e., people take a move action. In some cases, most importantly when you find yourself in a melee, you don't want to move normally, though - you just want to make a minor, well-timed, precise adjustment to your position relative to your foes. In some cases, you can do so without problem, taking advantage of your new position for a few precious seconds before the flow of combat might mix things up again. In other cases, this just doesn't combine well with what else you're doing (e.g., running down a hallway at full speed).&quot;Not an action&quot; is clearly defined in the SRD: Taking a 5-foot step is not &quot;considered an inherent part of doing something else&quot;. Announcing your Power Attack modifier, or targeting a spell, or choosing which potion to draw from your bandoleer, are inherent parts of doing something else. 5-foot steps are neither an action nor &quot;not an action&quot;, strange as that may sound.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Empirate, post: 6272804, member: 78958"] Actually, yes, that makes perfect sense to me (except for the doing jumping jacks and dancing a jig part): normally, people move [I]normally[/I]. I.e., people take a move action. In some cases, most importantly when you find yourself in a melee, you don't want to move normally, though - you just want to make a minor, well-timed, precise adjustment to your position relative to your foes. In some cases, you can do so without problem, taking advantage of your new position for a few precious seconds before the flow of combat might mix things up again. In other cases, this just doesn't combine well with what else you're doing (e.g., running down a hallway at full speed). "Not an action" is clearly defined in the SRD: Taking a 5-foot step is not "considered an inherent part of doing something else". Announcing your Power Attack modifier, or targeting a spell, or choosing which potion to draw from your bandoleer, are inherent parts of doing something else. 5-foot steps are neither an action nor "not an action", strange as that may sound. [/QUOTE]

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