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Message: <blockquote data-quote="smbakeresq" data-source="post: 7369533" data-attributes="member: 28301">1.  No.  You are giving up your bonus action chance to prone with shield master and attack with advantage yourself (and the great weapon user too if he moves over) or some other use of a bonus action (and the GW weapon user gives up his reaction) to get the same attack as you (you would have dueling which makes any d8 weapon essentially a d12)  and die from you.  Better to keep it and use it for precision attack if needed or trip attack to give a bunch of people advantage.2.  Same as above but with a rage bonus.  Not worth it either.3.  Maybe, if their attacks are a lot better than yours.  You are giving up the bonus action and they are giving up their reaction.  4.  Only if they are using -5/+10 would any of the above be worth it, in fact it should almost be a precondition that they use it in the right situation (with advantage or bless or both) for the action cost.  Otherwise the answer for all 3 is almost always no, your better off with your bonus and their reaction and your attack.5.  Maybe, once again it isn't worth it for a few more points of damage, its needs to be like 10+ more to give up your bonus and their reaction.  If you are SURE you cant do something better with your bonus action (and you should have that already) and they have no use of a reaction and you don't need to turn a hit into a miss or make the fear you or trip them then maybe.6.  See 5 above.  Giving up your bonus action and their reaction for an extra d6 or d8 isn't worth it.  Maybe worth a d6 and d8 added together, if you roll well.Remember you can use the maneuvers on yourself to add the same amount of damage as you would give to someone else with Commanders Strike (or turn a miss into a hit or add a rider like fear or prone) without costing anyone any actions at all. If you CANT attack, say you are not in range or restrained or something, then the cost is 0, so yeah.  Otherwise the answer is almost always no.</blockquote>

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