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If a Ranger with the Hunter subclass takes the Attack action to make a weapon attack, and then makes another attack using Horde Breaker, can they move between the two attacks?

The related rules are below.

Player's Handbook, p. 93. Horde Breaker. Once on each of your turns when you make a weapon attack, you can make another attack with the same weapon against a different creature that is within 5 feet of the original target and within range of your weapon.

Player's Handbook, p. 190. Moving between Attacks. If you take an action that includes more than one weapon attack, you can break up your movement even further by moving between those attacks. For example, a fighter who can make two attacks with the Extra Attack feature and who has a speed of 25 feet could move 10 feet, make an attack, move 15 feet, and then attack again.

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Yes

Did you take an action that involves making more than one weapon attack? Yes. Horde breaker is a second (or subsequent) weapon attack that is part of the action used to make the first attack.

That's all that the Moving between Attacks section checks for as far as I can tell.

However, my reading is that this doesn't actually increase the effective range of the Horde Breaker attack. I'd rule that the conditions for targeting must be satisfied when you make the first attack. But I'm not claiming that's the only reasonable reading.

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    \$\begingroup\$ Not only is this correct, I agree that the targeting conditions apply to the first attack, and that is the only reasonable reading. Stating that the target must be within range of your weapon when you make the second attack should not be necessary - it adds a 'restriction' that must always be met anyway. But saying that the second target must have been within range when you made the first attack is a specific limitation that there is reason to mention. \$\endgroup\$
    – Kirt
    Commented Sep 9 at 6:47
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    \$\begingroup\$ @Kirt I disagree that it is the only reasonable reading. That statement could be there to make it clear that the target must be within your weapon range as well as within 5 feet of original target. So that you cannot attack someone that is standing 10ft from you behind another enemy without a reach weapon. \$\endgroup\$
    – matszwecja
    Commented Sep 9 at 9:09
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    \$\begingroup\$ Interestingly, if the triggering attack isn't part of an attack action (e.g. TWF bonus action attack), it seems that this would not apply. \$\endgroup\$
    – Ryan C. Thompson
    Commented Sep 9 at 12:14
  • \$\begingroup\$ It could be utilized to get around cover I suppose. \$\endgroup\$
    – Honey Battery
    Commented Sep 9 at 13:21
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    \$\begingroup\$ @DarthPseudonym No, I mean that when it says you can make an attack "against a different creature that is within 5 feet of the original target and within range of your weapon", the restriction on the target being within range of your weapon only makes sense if it is referencing "when you make a weapon attack". We don't need a special rule that the target of our 2nd attack has to be within range of our weapon when we make that attack because that can be assumed. We do need an explicit rule to tell us that the target of the 2nd attack had to have been within range of our 1st attack. \$\endgroup\$
    – Kirt
    Commented Sep 10 at 6:06

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