Perform (Dance) and Move Trait


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Silver Crusade

As I was building my battle dancer swashbuckler I just noticed something.

Perform (Dance) has the Move Trait.

The Move Trait states "An action with this trait involves moving from one space to another". Note that there doesn't seem to be the option of NOT moving.

Every other action listed with the Move Trait already has the amount of movement specified. But Perform (Dance) does not.

So, when I use an action to Dance
1) Can I move as part of that action (and if so, how far)?
2) Must I move as part of that action (and if so, how far)?

The Perform (Dance) has the concentrate trait so it already most likely provokes so it isn't that important from that point of view.

But if the Battle Dancer gets to actually move while dancing that is kind of incredibly cool :-).


There is no necessity to move as part of an action with the Move trait, as Standing up from Prone proves.
So, I'd say you don't have to move. As a DM I would certainly allow you to move at half speed while dancing as it's clearly an action that involves moving.

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