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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ristamar" data-source="post: 7509764" data-attributes="member: 1207">There has already been established precedence differentiating between an "Attack" and the "Attack Action"* which is why he elaborated in his string of tweets that the "clarification" has nothing to do with the balance of Shield Master and everything to do with not nesting a Bonus action within its own trigger.  Say what you will about the current efficacy of the feat,  it's totally understandable why you'd want to avoid setting a standard with that sort of logical mess.Since the design team doesn't seem interested in rewriting the printed rules, the feat it isn't likely to be changed in the future despite it only needing a simple edit to have it trigger off of an Attack (akin to a Smite spell) rather than the whole Action. Whether that is good or bad policy is a wholly separate discussion.FWIW, I think Shield Master remains a decent feat, particularly if you have a magic shield with a bonus to further boost your Dex saves.  The clarification might also make Two Weapon Fighting slightly more attractive to those groups that follow the "official" rules yet still want to be able to execute a bonus shove during a string of attacks.* EDIT: For reference, <a href="https://merricb.com/2015/04/21/the-attack-action-extra-attacks-and-other-attacks/" target="_blank">a great article on the topic</a> from [MENTION=3586]MerricB[/MENTION].</blockquote>