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<blockquote data-quote="Sadrik" data-source="post: 6372527" data-attributes="member: 14506">Right, it provides an additional action and not a bonus action.So conceptually a bonus action is not a &quot;bonus&quot; action in the sense that it is an additional action but is instead a completely different type of action. I think SuperZero has a good point in that the naming convention of this new/not-so-new action type is a rehashed concept. It serves as a limit where you can only do one per action.Some spells have a casting time of a bonus action. Allowing you to cast and do something else.Chocolategravy also makes a valid point in that he is tired of hearing the term action economy. I am also. However, the 5e designers have put this into the game. Perhaps there are some people who enjoy fiddling with extra, bonus, and react actions. It was not till the 3.5 splat books that these became a &quot;thing&quot; prior to that they were a special case of a specific feat or spell. In 4e they thought it was a major boon of 3.5e so they added the different action types and fleshed out things you could do with those actions. I think that concept still exists in 5e, and they have fleshed out what you can do with bonus actions and rather than them being &quot;bonuses&quot; they are better termed a minor action like in 4e. I attack with my off hand as a minor action.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sadrik, post: 6372527, member: 14506"] Right, it provides an additional action and not a bonus action. So conceptually a bonus action is not a "bonus" action in the sense that it is an additional action but is instead a completely different type of action. I think SuperZero has a good point in that the naming convention of this new/not-so-new action type is a rehashed concept. It serves as a limit where you can only do one per action. Some spells have a casting time of a bonus action. Allowing you to cast and do something else. Chocolategravy also makes a valid point in that he is tired of hearing the term action economy. I am also. However, the 5e designers have put this into the game. Perhaps there are some people who enjoy fiddling with extra, bonus, and react actions. It was not till the 3.5 splat books that these became a "thing" prior to that they were a special case of a specific feat or spell. In 4e they thought it was a major boon of 3.5e so they added the different action types and fleshed out things you could do with those actions. I think that concept still exists in 5e, and they have fleshed out what you can do with bonus actions and rather than them being "bonuses" they are better termed a minor action like in 4e. I attack with my off hand as a minor action. [/QUOTE]

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