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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6874550" data-attributes="member: 7006">True.&nbsp; But that's exactly why Jeremy Crawford wrote a Sage Advice clarifying what they (WotC) meant by it.Multiattack is not considered an attack action because in 5E &quot;attack actions&quot; don't exist.&nbsp; Instead, there are just Actions... one of which is 'Attack'.&nbsp; This of course goes along with the other Actions, like 'Cast A Spell', 'Dash' 'Disengage' etc.So the question then becomes &quot;Can you substitute the 'Multiattack' Action for the 'Attack' Action when it comes to things like 'Extra Attack'?&quot;&nbsp; And Jeremy has said through Sage Advice that their intention was 'No, you cannot'.&nbsp; The Attack action allows you to make one melee or ranged attack (Basic Rules pg 71).&nbsp; So when it comes to monsters, basically anything listed under the Actions sub-heading that have Melee Weapon Attack or Ranged Weapon Attack would be that single melee or ranged attack.&nbsp; And as 'Multiattack' is not listed as a single attack (because if it were, it'd have Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack connected to it)... it's the equivalent of something like Frightful Presence or Fire Breath, or Charge.&nbsp; Actions which are not defined as single weapon or ranged attacks and instead are other special types of Actions.Now whether or not a person wants to accept Crawford's ruling or not is up to them.&nbsp; Someone might not care, or feel as though letting a person use Extra Attack with Multiattack doesn't break anything.&nbsp; If that's the case, then great!&nbsp; But if someone is actually looking for RAI... then they should follow what Jeremy said it was meant to be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6874550, member: 7006"] True. But that's exactly why Jeremy Crawford wrote a Sage Advice clarifying what they (WotC) meant by it. Multiattack is not considered an attack action because in 5E "attack actions" don't exist. Instead, there are just Actions... one of which is 'Attack'. This of course goes along with the other Actions, like 'Cast A Spell', 'Dash' 'Disengage' etc. So the question then becomes "Can you substitute the 'Multiattack' Action for the 'Attack' Action when it comes to things like 'Extra Attack'?" And Jeremy has said through Sage Advice that their intention was 'No, you cannot'. The Attack action allows you to make one melee or ranged attack (Basic Rules pg 71). So when it comes to monsters, basically anything listed under the Actions sub-heading that have [i]Melee Weapon Attack[/i] or [i]Ranged Weapon Attack[/i] would be that single melee or ranged attack. And as 'Multiattack' is not listed as a single attack (because if it were, it'd have Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack connected to it)... it's the equivalent of something like Frightful Presence or Fire Breath, or Charge. Actions which are not defined as single weapon or ranged attacks and instead are other special types of Actions. Now whether or not a person wants to accept Crawford's ruling or not is up to them. Someone might not care, or feel as though letting a person use Extra Attack with Multiattack doesn't break anything. If that's the case, then great! But if someone is actually looking for RAI... then they should follow what Jeremy said it was meant to be. [/QUOTE]

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