5-Foot Step and Move Actions

[Kung-Fu Joe]

So, I was looking at the rules for a 5-foot step, and I had a question.

SRD wrote:

Take 5-Foot Step

You can move 5 feet in any round when you don't perform any other kind of movement. Taking this 5-foot step never provokes an attack of opportunity. You can't take more than one 5-foot step in a round, and you can't take a 5-foot step in the same round that you move any distance.

The emphasis is mine.

So, can I take a 5-foot step in a round in which I use a move action which does not result in any sort of movement?

For example, could my Gunslinger with Rapid Reload take a 5-foot step away from an adjacent enemy, then reload his pistol as a Move Action, and finally fire the pistol at the enemy? Or does the "any other kind of movement" clause refer to Move Actions, in general?

[Midnight_Angel]

Kung-Fu Joe wrote:

So, can I take a 5-foot step in a round in which I use a move action which does not result in any sort of movement?

Yes, you can.

(As long as there are no other reasons that preclude a 5-foot step)

[Grick]

Rules, to back up Midnight Angel's correct response:

Move Action: "If you move no actual distance in a round (commonly because you have swapped your move action for one or more equivalent actions), you can take one 5-foot step either before, during, or after the action."

and

Move: "The simplest move action is moving your speed. If you take this kind of move action during your turn, you can't also take a 5-foot step."

[Jiggy]

Due to some incredibly obtuse discussion I've seen on this topic before, I was nervous as to what I'd discover in this thread. Imagine my relief when the answers given turned out to be correct!

[Murgen]

Is standing up considered movement? For example, could you stand up and then take a 5' step?

[BigJohn42]

Murgen wrote:

Is standing up considered movement? For example, could you stand up and then take a 5' step?

PRD - Combat Section wrote:

Stand Up

Standing up from a prone position requires a move action and provokes attacks of opportunity.

It doesn't say that standing up is movement, so I'd say that you could 5' step after standing up, by RAW.

[FarmerBob]

Murgen wrote:

Is standing up considered movement? For example, could you stand up and then take a 5' step?

Yes, I think so.

Actions in Combat shows that standing up is separate from "Move".

[Mage Evolving]

We've always just said that you can reload or draw a weapon as part of a move action, whether that move action be a five foot step, a running charge, walking, or just standing there and taking the move with out moving.

I probably should re-read the move section...

[Jiggy]

Mage Evolving wrote:

We've always just said that you can reload or draw a weapon as part of a move action, whether that move action be a five foot step, a running charge, walking, or just standing there and taking the move with out moving.

I probably should re-read the move section...

Yeah, perhaps you should, since half of the "move actions" you listed aren't actually move actions. :P