move versus standard

[Steff]

i'm sure this has been asked before but i don't see it so i will ask again.

one of my players is playing a witch. he puts up his hexes and then uses cackle to keep them up, which is fine.

but, then, he wants to use his move action to keep up the cackle and then his standard action to move. so, in effect, all of the hexes he has buffing the party stay up at all times. once they get into combat, he moves to a common point where everyone is covered and then stays there keeping up the buff.

i did not think you could substitute a move action for a standard action like that but i don't know for sure and the rules don't specifically prohibit it.

My first inclination is to not allow it but i wanted to find out if this is common before i rule.

anyone else ran across this or something similar?

[Dasrak]

It's right there in the definition of Move Actions

Move Action wrote:

You can take a move action in place of a standard action

[Steff]

ah. the 5 foot part fooled me. it is saying that you still get the 5 foot move. now i get it.

duh..

[RealAlchemy]

Substituting a standard action for a move is done very often when a character takes a double move.

[Snakers]

Although it's interesting rp-wise that to constantly buff the party, the witch in question is literally laughing uncontrollably every minute of the day. Quite a few stares are likely in town...

[RealAlchemy]

Snakers wrote:

Although it's interesting rp-wise that to constantly buff the party, the witch in question is literally laughing uncontrollably every minute of the day. Quite a few stares are likely in town...

Certainly not the most stealthy of groups while this is going on.