can a figure, before taking any other action, use sidestep and then poison?



POISON- At the beginning of your turn, give this character a free action and deal 1 damage to each adjacent opposing character

SIDESTEP Give this character a free action; it can move with a locked speed value of 2.

yes, it's no different then outwit then poison.

the beginning of your turn lasts until you give a figure a non-free action.

Fixed it for you. there are cases where you can give power actions during the beginning of your turn.