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23 questions linked to/from Shield Master - Can the shield push be taken before an attack?
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At what point is a character considered to have "taken the Attack Action"? [duplicate]
Per the rules of Bonus Action:
You choose when to take a bonus action during your turn, unless the bonus action's timing is specified, and anything that deprives you of your ability to take actions ...
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Can I "shove" with a reach weapon?
I'm trying to determine how the shove Attack action and Reach weapons interact. In particular, can you use shove on a creature 10' away?
The shove description says:
Using the Attack action, you can ...
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Do bonus actions also need to be announced at the beginning of the round?
We used to play AD&D for 15 years and now want to "upgrade" to 5e.
Do bonus actions need to be announced at the beginning of the round, like normal action announcements, when the DM starts asking ...
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Can an Eldritch Knight use the bonus-action attack granted by War Magic before casting the spell as an action?
A Fighter with the Eldritch Knight martial archetype gets the feature War magic at 7th level (and Improved War Magic at 18th level). The War Magic feature (PHB, p. 75) states:
Beginning at 7th ...
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Most effective way of improving survivability for an Ancestral Guardian Barbarian?
The Path of the Ancestral Guardian Barbarian (Xanathar's Guide to Everything, p. 9-10) is an extremely powerful barbarian. It pretty much makes your allies invulnerable against an enemy boss.
But it ...
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Can a Valor bard Ready a bard spell, then use the Battle Magic feature to make a weapon attack before releasing the spell?
College of Valor bards (PHB, p. 55) get the Battle Magic feature at 14th level:
You have mastered the art of weaving spellcasting and weapon use into a single harmonious act. When you use your ...
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Is the Shield Master shove the same as normal shoving other than the action timing?
Reading the Shield Master feat:
If you take the Attack action on your turn, you can use a bonus action
to try to shove a creature within 5 feet of you with your shield.
So I can shove as a bonus ...
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How can I create more memorable moments as a pure Fighter class?
I'm currently playing a Level 4 Fighter with a longsword and shield - the idea being I wanted to create a reliable standard warrior to stay at the front lines and soak damage with high AC to make ...
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What balance pitfalls result from this house rule modifying the Shield Master feat?
For an upcoming game, I'm weighing Shield Master as a feat selection. The closer I look at it (and recent rulings on it), however, the more lackluster I find it in comparison to other choices like ...
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Do you have to take the Attack action before you can make the bonus-action attack from the Crossbow Expert feat?
The third benefit of the Crossbow Expert feat says (PHB, p. 165):
When you use the Attack action and attack with a one-handed weapon, you can use a bonus action to attack with a hand crossbow you are ...
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Can you use the Shield Master feat to shove someone before you make an attack by using a Readied action?
Can you perform a Ready action with the condition being that you complete your bonus action, then do your bonus action, and then complete your readied action?
For instance, say I have the Shield ...
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Must a monk's Flurry of Blows attacks occur after the initial (and extra) attack from the Attack action?
Looking at the wording of Flurry of Blows, I may be overthinking it, but the description of the feature (PHB, p. 78) says:
Immediately after you take the Attack action on your turn, you can spend 1 ...
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Can the shove from the Minotaur race's Hammering Horns trait knock an enemy prone?
The minotaur playable race has the Hammering Horns trait, which says (Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica, p. 19):
Immediately after you hit a creature with a melee attack as part of the Attack action ...
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Can you take the Attack action when not in range of an enemy?
Can you take the Attack action without attacking, just to get any side benefits?
For example, Blade Flourish says:
Whenever you take the Attack action on your turn, your walking speed increases by ...
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Can you make a bonus-action attack from Two-Weapon Fighting before you take your action?
The rules on Two-Weapon Fighting state:
When you take the Attack action and attack with a light melee weapon that you’re holding in one hand, you can use a bonus action to attack with a different ...
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Order of attacks when using Two Weapon Fighting and Extra Attack
Both Two Weapon Fighting and Extra Attack give additional attacks in a turn, but in what order do those attacks take place? Is it up to the player, or must it be a specific order?
My initial ...
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Are there features that actually specify their own bonus action timing?
The PHB States:
You choose when to take a bonus action during your turn, unless the bonus action’s timing is specified, and anything that deprives you of your ability to take actions also prevents ...
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What happens if you can't use the action that allowed for your bonus action?
Given the rulings found here and here:
As with most bonus actions, you choose the timing, so the Shield Master shove can come before or after the Attack action. - Crawford
If you have the Shield ...
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Can the Polearm Master bonus attack only be used after the main attack?
The first benefit of the Polearm Master feat says (PHB, p. 168):
When you take the Attack action and attack with only a glaive,
halberd, quarterstaff, or spear, you can use a bonus action to make a
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Can the Shield Master feat's bonus-action shove be used to make an improvised weapon attack?
Do the rules allow the bonus action shove (special melee attack) from Shield Master to be "converted" to a regular attack for use as an improvised weapon attack?
Since a shove is a special melee ...
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Can I put away my shield during a grapple?
I would like to know if it's possible to do this.
With the Shield Master feat:
Turn 1, shove prone with shield, grapple with free hand
Turn 2, put away shield while maintaining grapple
Turn 3, ...
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Crossbow Expert, mostly for light crossbow? [closed]
So my question is about the third benefit to Crossbow expert:
When you use the Attack action and attack with a one-handed weapon, you can use a bonus action to attack with a hand crossbow you are ...
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Can you combine Pushing Attack with the Shield Master feat?
Pushing attack activates with a weapon attack and Shield master is a bonus action to shove. Can these be combined to a 20' shove or would it have to be 15' shove followed by a 15' move and another 5' ...
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