I played my first-ever game of Pathfinder this weekend and the following question came up.
My understanding of the 5-foot step is that you can take one as (essentially) a free action as long as you don't move in any other way in your turn (generally speaking, I couldn't take a regular move and then get an additional 5-foot bump). My GM disagreed, saying that a 5-foot step is a move action, so it can't be taken in any turn that you use a move action for anything (in the case that spurred our argument, using a move action to reload my gun with the Rapid Reload feat). Based on the rulebooks (5-foot step is under "Miscellaneous Actions," not "Move Actions," for instance) I'm pretty sure I'm right-- that I can take a 5-foot step, use a move action to reload, and use a standard to shoot, all in one turn-- but my DM has played 1,000,000 times more Pathfinder than I have and he seemed very certain.
Whose interpretation is correct?
Thanks!
