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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 7550541" data-attributes="member: 2525"><p>I love Cunning Action. Super powerful and versatile. And nobody would question it has out of combat applications where movement is an issue, right?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have not found it to be rare. Particularly since our DM loves to have smart foes flee and we often cannot keep up with them.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You don't need "universal" times for almost ANY out of combat ability in the game. Tables will vary, situations will vary, but abilities can "sometimes" help and that's all you need for it to be a "useful" out of combat ability. I mean, your objection is similar to "disguise self is very situational therefore not universally applicable". Well yes, but it's pretty well accepted it's a good spell for the situations it works and nobody has an issue with that application. But for some reason when it comes to action surge that's not good enough?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You have 1) not tried it, and 2) have an opinion which runs contrary to numerous testimonials in this very thread. The situations are really not rare once you are looking for them and keep this use of Action Surge in mind - as the guy who was determined to use it like this (mentioned above) demonstrated. I really do think it takes a change of perspective. If you go in convinced it cannot help so why bother you won't notice when it could help and should be bothering.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 7550541, member: 2525"] I love Cunning Action. Super powerful and versatile. And nobody would question it has out of combat applications where movement is an issue, right? I have not found it to be rare. Particularly since our DM loves to have smart foes flee and we often cannot keep up with them. You don't need "universal" times for almost ANY out of combat ability in the game. Tables will vary, situations will vary, but abilities can "sometimes" help and that's all you need for it to be a "useful" out of combat ability. I mean, your objection is similar to "disguise self is very situational therefore not universally applicable". Well yes, but it's pretty well accepted it's a good spell for the situations it works and nobody has an issue with that application. But for some reason when it comes to action surge that's not good enough? You have 1) not tried it, and 2) have an opinion which runs contrary to numerous testimonials in this very thread. The situations are really not rare once you are looking for them and keep this use of Action Surge in mind - as the guy who was determined to use it like this (mentioned above) demonstrated. I really do think it takes a change of perspective. If you go in convinced it cannot help so why bother you won't notice when it could help and should be bothering. [/QUOTE]
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