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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9547005" data-attributes="member: 6790260">I took the principle (delete bonus actions, bump all things up to actions) as given.Mearls seems to understand that this would, in fact, be a problem. I really, really don't think he's considered all of the knock-on effects here, and I really do think that spells like healing word are the most emblematic example. It's also worth noting, his "solution" to misty step was..."make it part of your movement somehow." Like, not even actually HAVING a solution, just saying "combine it into something else 4head."Being perfectly honest, I don't have a lot of respect for Mearls' work as a designer. I think his sense of good vs bad design is badly calibrated, I think he goes massively too far in favor of his pet preferences rather than sincerely surveying his options, and the adventures that have his name on the cover have left a lot to be desired across three different systems. I understand he has a great deal more experience than me and that my awareness of his work may be incomplete, but I really don't think it's much of a stretch to at least view his mechanical ideas with a skeptical eye.</blockquote>