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Must a monk's Flurry of Blows attacks occur after the initial (and extra) attack from the Attack action?

We can compare the official ruling from SAC for a very similar feature. The Shield Master feat allows, among other options, to shove a creature as a Bonus action once the Attack action has been taken: ...
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Can any actions happen at the same time/instant?

Xanathar's Guide provides a resolution mechanism for things that would happen at the same time The core rules do not say how to resolve such a situation, so normally it will be up to the DM to decide ...
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Does surprise prevent both moving and acting?

If you're surprised, you essentially can't do anything I had a look at the German version of the Player's Handbook, so I understand where the confusion comes from but the right interpretation is that ...
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Does surprise prevent both moving and acting?

If you are surprised, you can't take an action, and you also can't move This is explicitly addressed in the Sage Advice Compendium's answer to "Does surprise happen outside the initiative order ...
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Does surprise prevent both moving and acting?

A surprised creature can't move; also, it can't take actions. I can see where using the 'or' part of the sentence could lead translation errors where it's meant as either option 1 or option 2 being ...
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