Ruling on Sudden Charge amount of actions

[Schizophant]

Hi! Got a pretty basic question here, but couldn't really find an answer in the Rulebook. I'll use the Barbarian level 1 feat 'Sudden Charge' as my primary example, but my general question is: When an action/ability states that you can perform another action within it, does that take an addition action slot or not?

For example, 'Sudden Charge' states: '... Stride up to double your speed. If you end the move within melee reach of at least one enemy, you can make a melee strike against that enemy. ..."

It is a 2 action activity. My thought is that it uses the 2 actions to both stride twice AND melee if ended in range. My question is does it actually use a third action to make the melee strike, and the 2 action activity is simply stride 2?

Seems pretty obvious to me that it would be a useless feat if it was just stride 2. But it is level 1. Again, just using an example of something that contains multiple actions within its context.

Thanks!

[avr]

It's the PF1 charge action, stripped of the bonus, penalty and restrictions and gated behind a feat. Which means IMO that the attack is included.

[Fuzzy-Wuzzy]

Schizophant wrote:

Hi! Got a pretty basic question here, but couldn't really find an answer in the Rulebook. I'll use the Barbarian level 1 feat 'Sudden Charge' as my primary example, but my general question is: When an action/ability states that you can perform another action within it, does that take an addition action slot or not?

It does not.

Playtest Rulebook page 296 wrote:

An activity might cause you to take specific actions. You don’t have to spend additional actions to perform them because they’re already factored into the activity’s required actions. (See Dependant Abilities.)