Attack Instead of Move Action?

[Hrothgar Rannúlfr]

I was just looking over the character sheet for the Valeros and noticed the section that says "What you can do on your turn."

I noticed that you can do one standard action (attack, move, or use a magic item), one move action (move...), and one free action.

So, if a character can move as a standard action... Can a character attack as a move action? If not, why not?

Thanks.

[Cori Marie]

No. Standard actions are not replaceable with a move action. Think of it like this, the standard action has a higher value than a move action. You can replace the standard action with a second move action because it costs less, but not vice versa.

[Hrothgar Rannúlfr]

OK. Thanks.

That helps.

[Paladin of Baha-who?]

A standard action takes more effort and time than a move action. That's why they're differentiated. If each could replace the other, the rules would just say "You can take two actions on your turn."

[Hrothgar Rannúlfr]

Thank you.

I'm glad that's the answer.

[Deran Castillian]

I don't know what limits are in the Beginners Box rules compared to the Core Rules. But you can do a full attack if you don't move (or just take a 5' step). This means that if you are able to attack multiple times in a round because of your level you can actually do that instead of just attacking once.

[The Golux]

Beginner box rules intentionally don't get to the level where anyone has iterative attacks. I don't remember if it has two-weapon fighting, though.

[Ciaran Barnes]

If move actions could be used for attacks, everyone could attack twice at 1st level.