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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8236339" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>My memory is not perfect, but from what I remember there was never a draft where you weren’t limited to one bonus action per turn. And if I recall correctly, the first thing to make use of the bonus action was two weapon fighting. So no, they were minor/swift actions from their inception.</p><p></p><p>As I and the other folks who didn’t like the term “bonus action” said would happen. But, the point was always to make it not <em>feel like</em> something you had to do every turn to make optimal use of the action economy (even though it totally was).</p><p></p><p>People that hated 4e certainly would have thrown a fit if it were called a minor action. Hell, they threw a fit if you pointed out that it functionally <em>was</em> a minor action with a different name. I think most people who disliked the term “Bonus Action” wouldn’t have cared if it was called a swift action, or a minor action, or a lesser action, or a quick action, or whatever. A lot of us eventually got tired of arguing and just said, “hey, if calling them bonus actions is what it takes to get them in the rules, fine I guess.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 8236339, member: 6779196"] My memory is not perfect, but from what I remember there was never a draft where you weren’t limited to one bonus action per turn. And if I recall correctly, the first thing to make use of the bonus action was two weapon fighting. So no, they were minor/swift actions from their inception. As I and the other folks who didn’t like the term “bonus action” said would happen. But, the point was always to make it not [I]feel like[/I] something you had to do every turn to make optimal use of the action economy (even though it totally was). People that hated 4e certainly would have thrown a fit if it were called a minor action. Hell, they threw a fit if you pointed out that it functionally [I]was[/I] a minor action with a different name. I think most people who disliked the term “Bonus Action” wouldn’t have cared if it was called a swift action, or a minor action, or a lesser action, or a quick action, or whatever. A lot of us eventually got tired of arguing and just said, “hey, if calling them bonus actions is what it takes to get them in the rules, fine I guess.” [/QUOTE]
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