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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6841655" data-attributes="member: 7006">Yup, WotC decided to catagorize these extra extra single actions you can take on your turn as Bonus Actions to help tell us that they aren't standard, they're a bonus.Nope... you *can* cast two spells in the turn, provided that the spell cast using your regular Action is only a Cantrip.The Bonus Action spell will be one of your spells using one of your levels 1-9 spell slots that says it requires a Bonus Action to cast.  You then can use your regular Action to either Attack with a weapon, do any of the other things that require an Action (like Hide, Dodge, Dash etc.) or cast another spell, but this one HAS to be a Cantrip only.  The one thing you aren't allowed to do is cast another regular spell using one of your Levels 1-9 spell slots.So if you cast Healing Word on your turn with your Bonus Action you could then cast Sacred Flame with your Action, but NOT something like Darkness or Protection From Evil or Good.You usually can mix and match when you do your Action, Move, and Bonus Action... even splitting parts up.  So you could on your turn Move half your speed, then perform a Bonus Action, move the remainder of your speed, and then perform your Action.  It's up to you.  I think there's only a certain couple times where it states within the description of a Bonus Action that it can *only* occur following a certain Action taken first... but those are rare.No.  However you COULD use your Reaction to get a second move, provided you used your Action on your turn to Ready a Dash action.  So on your turn you could move somewhere on the battlefield and then use the Ready action to Dash with a trigger of something like "When an enemy gets within 10 feet of me, I back up 30 feet."  Then, if/when an enemy gets within 10 feet of you during that round, it triggers your Readied action and you use your Reaction to take that Dash to back up.Of course, by doing this you don't actually get to take an Attack or Cast a Spell or whatnot on your turn... because your Action was to use the Ready action.</blockquote>

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