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<blockquote data-quote="NotAYakk" data-source="post: 8038805" data-attributes="member: 72555"><p>There is limited ability to substitute.</p><p></p><p>A bonus action can do an object interaction. Can an action do an object interaction? I'm uncertain, but I am pretty sure most DMs would allow it without blinking.</p><p></p><p>You cannot cast a bonus action spell, or use a bonus action ability, as an action.</p><p></p><p>Both action and bonus action are things that take most of your 6 second round, you can just do them in parallel.</p><p></p><p>---</p><p></p><p>I almost wish that all bonus actions had triggers, but spells break that.</p><p></p><p>I suspect at one point during design bonus actions where tied to triggers; you do action X, you can get a bonus Y.</p><p></p><p>Then we get rogue/monk/barbarian/spells that are bonus actions that are not "bonuses" to an action, just things you can do as well.</p><p></p><p>Making them use a common resource without a trigger simplifies multiclassing.</p><p></p><p>If you killed multiclassing...</p><p></p><p>Monk "bonus" stuff would be "once on your turn".</p><p>Same for Rogue stuff.</p><p>Spells could trigger off making a weapon attack or casting a cantrip.</p><p>Quicken Spell could trigger off casting a cantrip.</p><p>Rage wouldn't have an action type.</p><p>Bard inspiration would be 1/turn.</p><p>TWF ... maybe wouldn't have an action type.</p><p></p><p>The last give us the rules "you cannot cast a spell as a bonus action if you cast a spell as an action" with different wording.</p><p></p><p>(Now, action dodge, quicken spell is no longer legal, but I'd consider that a corner case)</p><p></p><p>This wouldn't be a very different game.</p><p></p><p>OTOH, the bonus system restricts how much kitchen sink you can do (I will arrange for 20 triggered extra actions on my turn!), which I think was mentioned in design talk of 5e.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NotAYakk, post: 8038805, member: 72555"] There is limited ability to substitute. A bonus action can do an object interaction. Can an action do an object interaction? I'm uncertain, but I am pretty sure most DMs would allow it without blinking. You cannot cast a bonus action spell, or use a bonus action ability, as an action. Both action and bonus action are things that take most of your 6 second round, you can just do them in parallel. --- I almost wish that all bonus actions had triggers, but spells break that. I suspect at one point during design bonus actions where tied to triggers; you do action X, you can get a bonus Y. Then we get rogue/monk/barbarian/spells that are bonus actions that are not "bonuses" to an action, just things you can do as well. Making them use a common resource without a trigger simplifies multiclassing. If you killed multiclassing... Monk "bonus" stuff would be "once on your turn". Same for Rogue stuff. Spells could trigger off making a weapon attack or casting a cantrip. Quicken Spell could trigger off casting a cantrip. Rage wouldn't have an action type. Bard inspiration would be 1/turn. TWF ... maybe wouldn't have an action type. The last give us the rules "you cannot cast a spell as a bonus action if you cast a spell as an action" with different wording. (Now, action dodge, quicken spell is no longer legal, but I'd consider that a corner case) This wouldn't be a very different game. OTOH, the bonus system restricts how much kitchen sink you can do (I will arrange for 20 triggered extra actions on my turn!), which I think was mentioned in design talk of 5e. [/QUOTE]
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