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<blockquote data-quote="Forged Fury" data-source="post: 6524053" data-attributes="member: 95059">So basically, as I understand it, you can take up to three actions during the course of a a given round: your action, a bonus action, and a reaction. Moving is handled separately. Your action is basically the normal stuff you can do: attack, cast normal spells, etc. In conjunction with your action, you can also manipulate an object. That allows you to do stuff like move, draw your weapon, and attack in the same round.Bonus actions are certain spells or special abilities granted by your class or race. They usually take up a limited amount of time and you can only do one Bonus Action per round on your turn. They are similar to 3.5 Swift Actions. If you don't have a spell or class/race feature that grants a Bonus Action, you don't get to do anything with it.Reactions occur on a turn other than your own. The most well-known reaction is the Opportunity Attack/Attack of Opportunity. You have one Reaction to use in each round of combat. Shield is a Reaction spell that is cast in response to an enemy hitting you or you being targeted by a Magic Missile spell. It immediately raises your AC by 5 points against that attack (or fully protects against Magic Missile).Post as you can, I think we all assumed you're busy with the new gig.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Forged Fury, post: 6524053, member: 95059"] So basically, as I understand it, you can take up to three actions during the course of a a given round: your action, a bonus action, and a reaction. Moving is handled separately. Your action is basically the normal stuff you can do: attack, cast normal spells, etc. In conjunction with your action, you can also manipulate an object. That allows you to do stuff like move, draw your weapon, and attack in the same round. Bonus actions are certain spells or special abilities granted by your class or race. They usually take up a limited amount of time and you can only do one Bonus Action per round on your turn. They are similar to 3.5 Swift Actions. If you don't have a spell or class/race feature that grants a Bonus Action, you don't get to do anything with it. Reactions occur on a turn other than your own. The most well-known reaction is the Opportunity Attack/Attack of Opportunity. You have one Reaction to use in each round of combat. Shield is a Reaction spell that is cast in response to an enemy hitting you or you being targeted by a Magic Missile spell. It immediately raises your AC by 5 points against that attack (or fully protects against Magic Missile). Post as you can, I think we all assumed you're busy with the new gig. [/QUOTE]

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