Dodging Panache and 5-foot step


Rules Questions


5-foot step wrote:
You can move 5 feet in any round when you don't perform any other kind of movement. Taking this 5-foot step never provokes an attack of opportunity. You can't take more than one 5-foot step in a round, and you can't take a 5-foot step in the same round that you move any distance. You can take a 5-foot step before, during, or after your other actions in the round.
Swashbuckler wrote:
Dodging Panache (Ex): At 1st level, when an opponent attempts a melee attack against the swashbuckler, the swashbuckler can as an immediate action spend 1 panache point to move 5 feet; doing so grants the swashbuckler a dodge bonus to AC equal to her Charisma modifier (minimum 0) against the triggering attack. This movement doesn’t negate the attack, which is still resolved as if the swashbuckler had not moved from the original square. This movement is not a 5-foot step; it provokes attacks of opportunity from creatures other than the one who triggered this deed. The swashbuckler can only perform this deed while wearing light or no armor, and while carrying no heavier than a light load.

Since Dodging Panache is movement, does using Dodging Panache prevent you from taking a 5-foot step in the same round?

Scenario 1: At the start of a round, an enemy attacks you. You trigger Dodging Panache and move 5 foot. Then it becomes your turn during the same round. Since you have already moved this round, are you still able to make a 5 foot step?

Scenario 2: At the start of a round, you take some actions, including a 5 foot step. Then it is your enemy's turn during the same round. They attack you. Are you still able to use Dodging Panache?

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