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D&D 5E Retraining (players, not characters)

Rather, I wonder if there will be a FAQ about converting a bonus action into a normal action. It's probably a corner case, but for example a Cleric casting Healing Word (a bonus action), can she cast it also as a normal action? If she's not actually using her normal action this turn, then it's irrelevant. But what if she has another ability X that grants a bonus action? By the rules, she can't take 2 bonus actions in the same turn, and the intent of such rule is to prevent too many action in a round (max 2). What if she is not taking her normal action, but wishes to cast Healing Word and use X? That would mean technically 2 bonus actions but 0 normal actions. By the RAW, it's not possible, however by the intent this may be acceptable, since it's still 2 actions (and stuff you can do with bonus actions is so far typically less or equal to the stuff you can do with your main action). This is what I mean by converting a bonus action into a normal action.
My gut feeling is that you'd be hard-pressed to come up with a concrete example of two bonus actions that could not be handled just as effectively by using one normal action and one bonus action.

Most bonus actions are things that can already be done as normal actions. Those that are not (such as spellcasting) are restricted for other reasons.
 

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