So I have this maneuver from the Thrashing Dragon discipline from Path of War, Leaping Dragon, and I wonder if you can leap and do a full round of attacks? The specific wording is:
The initiator may make an Acrobatics check to jump as a swift action, and he gains a +10 competence bonus to his Acrobatics check and is treated as if he had a running start.
The jump in itself is just a swift action, so can I use a Swift Action to jump in right next to someone and then - as I have used neither Standard nor Move action - do a full round of attacks?
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Yes.
No. The swift action gives you +10 and a running start, jumping itself gives you no movement as Acrobatics is part of another action. In this case, as part of movement.
Action: None. An Acrobatics check is made as part of another action or as a reaction to a situation.
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Yes. The character may "jump as a swift action"--this specific rule overrides the general rule that jumping takes a move action. The acrobatics check is made as part of this swift action to jump.
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The swift action gives you +10 and a running start, jumping itself gives you no movement as Acrobatics is part of another action.
If it said it was a swift action to get a +10 bonus on an Acrobatics check, I'd agree, but:
The initiator may make an Acrobatics check to jump as a swift action,
is phrased as an independent clause, implying that being able to jump as a swift action is a useful ability, which it wouldn't be if you have to take a move action as well.
Yep. Jump "as a swift action". That means there is still a full attack available.
That's part of the problem with third party books. People misread them too easily. Just follow the RAW and play it as "written".