Boots of Sidestepping

These soft leather boots are adorned with a copper chain around the ankle.

Boots of sidestepping allow you to slide out of range of an enemy’s attacks. When you activate the boots, you can take a 5-foot step. Unlike a normal 5-foot step, you can take this action even if you have already moved during the round, and it doesn’t prevent you from moving again afterward (or even taking your normal 5-foot step). For example, you could activate the boots to move 5 feet away from an adjacent monster, spend a move action to move another 20 feet away, then take a standard action.

Boots of sidestepping function three times per day.

Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, haste.

Cost to Create: 3,000 gp, 240 XP, 6 days.

Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 78.