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Thank you for clarifying. :D Fair enough. One minor quibble: each action does not necessarily spell out ALL the rules for it, but the rules it does include are undoubtably...rules for it...! Sure, but IF actions are indivisible, AND each action lasts until its effects end (specific for each...

So here, you're taking the view that 'taking the action' is the same thing as the effects of the action, and that the duration of the action is identical to the duration of its effect. You are also taking the view that 'actions are indivisible'. I can tell that because if you thought either that...

So here, you're taking the view that 'taking the action' is the same thing as the effects of the action, and that the duration of the action is identical to the duration of its effect. You are also taking the view that 'actions are indivisible'. I can tell that because if you thought either that...

Dash: double the distance you can walk this turn. Disengage: your movement this turn does not provoke AoAs. Dodge: if you are attacked at any time from now until the start of your next turn that attack roll has disadvantage. Attack: you may execute the attacks that you have from now until the...

Dash: double the distance you can walk this turn. Disengage: your movement this turn does not provoke AoAs. Dodge: if you are attacked at any time from now until the start of your next turn that attack roll has disadvantage. Attack: you may execute the attacks that you have from now until the...

Why not? What rule prevents you?

Why not? What rule prevents you?

Putting aside the fact that I don't agree with your assertion about which rule counts as general and which counts as specific...! "A general rule cannot create an exception for another general rule". Fine. One 'general' rule (which I'm granting for the sake of argument) is 'bonus actions can...

Putting aside the fact that I don't agree with your assertion about which rule counts as general and which counts as specific...! "A general rule cannot create an exception for another general rule". Fine. One 'general' rule (which I'm granting for the sake of argument) is 'bonus actions can...

:D This edition, 5e, is proud of the fact that it uses 'natural language' rather than more technical language like in 3e and 4e. Fine. The consequence of this 'natural language' decision is that words in the rules mean what they mean in everyday language, rather than loads of words being...

:D This edition, 5e, is proud of the fact that it uses 'natural language' rather than more technical language like in 3e and 4e. Fine. The consequence of this 'natural language' decision is that words in the rules mean what they mean in everyday language, rather than loads of words being...

I agree with you that, from a game design perspective, you could handle it either way. My objection is not that it could not be handled that way in the rules; my objection is that it makes no sense to handle it that way in the fiction, given that the game rules should enable the fiction. I...

I agree with you that, from a game design perspective, you could handle it either way. My objection is not that it could not be handled that way in the rules; my objection is that it makes no sense to handle it that way in the fiction, given that the game rules should enable the fiction. I...

I stand corrected. I mis-typed. :D

I stand corrected. I mis-typed. :D

Er, the rule regarding the timing of bonus actions is exactly where you'd expect it to be: in the rules describing bonus actions. Here, it says in black and white that you can take your bonus action whenever you want during your turn. There should be no expectation that this rule would be...

Er, the rule regarding the timing of bonus actions is exactly where you'd expect it to be: in the rules describing bonus actions. Here, it says in black and white that you can take your bonus action whenever you want during your turn. There should be no expectation that this rule would be...

All this shows is that JC doesn't understand the consequences of 'instantaneous' either! :D

All this shows is that JC doesn't understand the consequences of 'instantaneous' either! :D

The fallacy of special pleading. All of these actions, including the Attack action, are in the same form: 'take the (whatever) action -> you can do the things that the action allows for the specified time'. And yet you assert, without evidence, that it works differently for the Attack action...