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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7572029" data-attributes="member: 23751">First, it doesn't need to last until the end of the turn.&nbsp; It only needs to last until the end of movement, which is a different.&nbsp; Second, on #2, I've already shown how Attack and Cast a Spell are both non-instant actions.&nbsp; They do in fact have a duration.&nbsp; Others seem to as well.&quot;When you take the Hide action, you make a Dexterity (Stealth) check in an attempt to hide, following the rules in chapter 7 for hiding.&quot;&nbsp; This is clearly not an instant effect.&nbsp; You don't just take the hide action and then the effect is X.&nbsp; It says that when you take the hide action, you make the dex check in the attempt to hide.&nbsp; It takes time to get behind something to hide as you don't just instantly vanish behind an object.&nbsp; Help is an aid to the action of another, including Attacking which we know takes time.&nbsp; To help with an attack, you have to feint or act in some other credible manner with your weapon to make the enemy believe you are attacking and give your ally advantage.&nbsp; That would take time similar to the Attack action.I don't see why we should just assume that Dash, Disengage and Doge are somehow instantaneous when the other actions are not.&nbsp; 1 action is a length of time in combat per RAW, so it would seem to me that the actions would all also have a 1 action length of time associated with them.&nbsp; Unless you can show where 1 action has a length of time here, but a time of instant there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7572029, member: 23751"] First, it doesn't need to last until the end of the turn. It only needs to last until the end of movement, which is a different. Second, on #2, I've already shown how Attack and Cast a Spell are both non-instant actions. They do in fact have a duration. Others seem to as well. "When you take the Hide action, you make a Dexterity (Stealth) check in an attempt to hide, following the rules in chapter 7 for hiding." This is clearly not an instant effect. You don't just take the hide action and then the effect is X. It says that when you take the hide action, you make the dex check in the attempt to hide. It takes time to get behind something to hide as you don't just instantly vanish behind an object. Help is an aid to the action of another, including Attacking which we know takes time. To help with an attack, you have to feint or act in some other credible manner with your weapon to make the enemy believe you are attacking and give your ally advantage. That would take time similar to the Attack action. I don't see why we should just assume that Dash, Disengage and Doge are somehow instantaneous when the other actions are not. 1 action is a length of time in combat per RAW, so it would seem to me that the actions would all also have a 1 action length of time associated with them. Unless you can show where 1 action has a length of time here, but a time of instant there. [/QUOTE]

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