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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 3322307" data-attributes="member: 4937">Errrr... I think that is where you are getting confused.&nbsp; It is not a single step.&nbsp; I don't know any human who has a 5' natural stride.&nbsp; The 'five foot step' is an abstract step.&nbsp; It represents an in combat adjustment which occurs as a natural part of the combat over the course of 6 seconds without distracting from it.&nbsp; It doesn't represent any creatures single 'stride'. A large sized creature and a small sized creature with the same speed, make a different number of strides in a move action, but they each still move the same distance in the same time.&nbsp; Likewise, as a natural part of combat, the quickling might make many small strides, where as a frost giant might not even complete a full stride but only raise a leg and shift its ponderous weight.&nbsp; But both actions are &quot;five foot steps&quot;.&nbsp; In six seconds, you should qualify for a larger adjustment only if your speed is significantly greater than average.&nbsp; I can definately see this as something fast moving fliers with perfect manueverability ought to qualify for, but I don't see what size has to do with it at all.&quot;Come to think of it, I like the name Free Move better than Single Step.&nbsp; Single Step implies a single step, whereas a Free Move is just that, a free action to move a short distance.&quot;Yeah, now you get it.&quot;(It might not involve stepping at all as in the case of your oozes, floaty beholders, and slithery yuan-ti, among others.)&quot;Yes, that's what I'm saying.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 3322307, member: 4937"] Errrr... I think that is where you are getting confused. It is not a single step. I don't know any human who has a 5' natural stride. The 'five foot step' is an abstract step. It represents an in combat adjustment which occurs as a natural part of the combat over the course of 6 seconds without distracting from it. It doesn't represent any creatures single 'stride'. A large sized creature and a small sized creature with the same speed, make a different number of strides in a move action, but they each still move the same distance in the same time. Likewise, as a natural part of combat, the quickling might make many small strides, where as a frost giant might not even complete a full stride but only raise a leg and shift its ponderous weight. But both actions are "five foot steps". In six seconds, you should qualify for a larger adjustment only if your speed is significantly greater than average. I can definately see this as something fast moving fliers with perfect manueverability ought to qualify for, but I don't see what size has to do with it at all. "Come to think of it, I like the name Free Move better than Single Step. Single Step implies a single step, whereas a Free Move is just that, a free action to move a short distance." Yeah, now you get it. "(It might not involve stepping at all as in the case of your oozes, floaty beholders, and slithery yuan-ti, among others.)" Yes, that's what I'm saying. [/QUOTE]

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