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<blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 7115702" data-attributes="member: 6775031">Those are two different problems, though. The fireball-output-rate isn't the problem which the bonus-action-spell-injunction addresses, because barring unusual circumstances, you're not going to be casting a fireball (or anything like it) as a bonus action. Bonus action spells aren't so big or powerful that you would need to explicitly prevent anyone from casting two in a round.The problem which the bonus-action-spell-injunction directly addresses is the ability of some characters to burn through their long-rest-resources too much more quickly than other characters. That being the case, it's problematic if the paladin is burning through more than one slot on their turn, regardless of whether that goes into a smite or some other spell effect. Power imbalances aside, half of the problem would be fixed if you could activate Smite as a bonus action and it lasted until your next turn.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Crimson Binome, post: 7115702, member: 6775031"] Those are two different problems, though. The [I]fireball-output-rate[/I] isn't the problem which the bonus-action-spell-injunction addresses, because barring unusual circumstances, you're not going to be casting a [I]fireball[/I] (or anything like it) as a bonus action. Bonus action spells aren't so big or powerful that you would need to explicitly prevent anyone from casting two in a round. The problem which the bonus-action-spell-injunction directly addresses is the ability of some characters to burn through their long-rest-resources too much more quickly than other characters. That being the case, it's problematic if the paladin is burning through more than one slot on their turn, regardless of whether that goes into a smite or some other spell effect. Power imbalances aside, half of the problem would be fixed if you could activate Smite as a bonus action and it lasted until your next turn. [/QUOTE]

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