D&D 5E (2024) Bonus Action Conversion

[doctorbadwolf]

This is what Mike Mearls said about them on YTube.

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I...to put it nicely, i think it is anomolous that he headed 5e and 5e turned out so well.

Because the game he seems to have wanted, i truly believe would have ended up actually being dnd's swan song.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

yeah, i think if there was just, a basic selection of simple BA actions available to everyone i think it would fill in the urge to be using your BA for something without being optimization bait.

maybe convert some of the basic actions like the disengage and help actions, or make variants, a shorter dash, a minor defend that gives you a few extra AC.

Shift: As a bonus action you can take an evasive stance. Until the end of your turn you cna use half your movement to move 5ft without provoking opportunity attacks.

En Garde: As a bonus action you take an En Garde stance. Until the start of your next turn, when a creature moves into a space within half your current speed, you can use your reaction to move to a space within 5ft of that creature, before they move any further.

Mark? When you hit a creature with an attack with you action, you can use a bonus action to Mark the creature. (Then give some sort of bonus like extra damage on your next attack against the target if they have attacked your allies or whatever.)

Or maybe Protect (give an AC bonus to an ally near you, or damage reduction)

Charge gain +10ft speed and small damage buff if you hit someone after moving at least 10ft. Something like that.