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Hex strike allows you to spend a swift action after hitting with an unarmed strike , to deliver a specific hex chosen with the Hex Strike feat.
could you combine that with spring attack? to move, take your attack, spend the swift action for the round if you hit, and then keep moving , up to your speed in movement?
Yes.
Long answer: Yes.
"You can take a swift action anytime you would normally be allowed to take a free action."
"Free actions consume a very small amount of time and effort. You can perform one or more free actions while taking another action normally."
But what does "while taking another action normally" mean? It can refer to the number of actions in a turn, or it may mean you can take a free action during another action.
And it's the latter: Free actions can "interrupt". Consider a ranged full attack; drawing ammo is a free action, so if you can't take free actions during another action, no archer can shoot more than 1 arrow per turn.
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so a regular caster without spring attack could cast shocking grasp, move 10 ft up to an enemy, interrup their movement with their free touch to deliver the spell, and then move away. they'd just provoke an AoO for moving out of a threatened area. but if they did it on an enemy that hasn't acted yet ( and doesn't have combat reflexes ), they might be able to get away with it?
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so a regular caster without spring attack could cast shocking grasp, move 10 ft up to an enemy, interrup their movement with their free touch to deliver the spell, and then move away. they'd just provoke an AoO for moving out of a threatened area. but if they did it on an enemy that hasn't acted yet ( and doesn't have combat reflexes ), they might be able to get away with it?
I think that the full attack firing arrows (or even throwing daggers if you have quickdraw) is a bit misleading. While the full attack is a single action, it is composed of several sequential actions (you roll a dice to hit with each attack, not once for the full attack).
I would say that the "normal" section of spring show that you can't move before and after an attack without the feat.
Spring Attack (Combat)
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Normal: You cannot move before and after an attack.
As spring attack is a full round action you can't cast and use spring attack unless you have a quickened spell.
so a regular caster without spring attack could cast shocking grasp, move 10 ft up to an enemy, interrup their movement with their free touch to deliver the spell, and then move away. they'd just provoke an AoO for moving out of a threatened area. but if they did it on an enemy that hasn't acted yet ( and doesn't have combat reflexes ), they might be able to get away with it?
No, to do this requires Spring Attack. You could cast, move, attack and end up standing next to your enemy if you chose to do so without having Spring Attack.
Diego, Claxon...Seraphimpunk knows how moving and attacking usually works. He's suggesting exploting how free actions work. You need to adress that if you want to contribute to the discussion.
Like this:
"Many spells have a range of touch. To use these spells, you cast the spell and then touch the subject. In the same round that you cast the spell, you may also touch (or attempt to touch) as a free action. You may take your move before casting the spell, after touching the target, or between casting the spell and touching the target. You can automatically touch one friend or use the spell on yourself, but to touch an opponent, you must succeed on an attack roll."
The bolded part means you can't "cast-move-touch-move". Not because you can't take free actions during your movement, but because this specific free action comes with restrictions.