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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Asgorath" data-source="post: 7572062" data-attributes="member: 6921966">Again, that's not how bonus action timing works.  Shield Master absolutely has a trigger (the Attack action) which must be completed before you even have the bonus action to take.  Flurry of Blows is addressed in the Sage Advice video, for reference.In this case, the discrete element of "Flurry of Blows" must be directly after the final Attack action element.  Thus: move, attack (1/2), move, attack (2/2), Flurry of Blows, move is legal.  The intent is that you cannot move before using Flurry of Blows, it must immediately follow your final attack from Extra Attack.  Shield Master does not have this restriction, allowing you to move in between your final attack and the bonus action shove.<a href="https://twitter.com/jeremyecrawford/status/910564240888520704" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/jeremyecrawford/status/910564240888520704</a>"Flurry of Blows happens after the Attack action, not after attacks within that action."<a href="https://twitter.com/jeremyecrawford/status/632225244846002177" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/jeremyecrawford/status/632225244846002177</a>"That's correct." in response to "so FoB must be after the Attack action is fully resolved, while Unarmed Strike acts like any other bonus action then?".<a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/status/910560028070879232" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/status/910560028070879232</a>"Flurry of Blows can be used right after you take the Attack action, no matter what you did with that action."Edit: And as we've discussed in the past, here's where Shield Master shove first breaks down.1) Move.  "I move over to that monster", easy enough.2) Shield Master shove.  "I use my bonus action from Shield Master to shove that monster prone", you succeed on the roll.  Cool.2a) Someone uses a reaction to cast Hold Person on you, and you fail your saving throw, and you're now incapacitated and your turn is over.You never took the Attack action on your turn, and thus you never had the bonus action from Shield Master, and so your turn is not valid.</blockquote>

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