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Will using a weapon not as intended (improvised) still generate "on-hit" effects?
Check with your DM
In addition to general rules for magic items and improvised weapons (which already point out that the DM may want to adjust), there are just a lot of case-by-case differences ...
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Flurry of Blows has to be done after the action. Why?
Contingent Effects
Our friendly Hobgoblin's answer includes lots of valid interactions that might apply to the specific special abilities granted one subclass or another.
SeriousBri's comment points ...
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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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Flurry of Blows has to be done after the action. Why?
You got the main impact
There are some additional implications for allowing the attacks with Flurry to happen first, depending on your monk subclass. For example:
As you say a Way of the Open Hand ...
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Clarification on semantics around melee attacks
Inspired by this question, I made a Venn diagram of many different kinds of attacks in D&D 5e:
There are two main axes of differentiation, Melee vs Ranged attacks, and Weapon vs Spell attacks. ...
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Clarification on semantics around melee attacks
This might not be 100% accurate if you consider all special features and edge cases, but I find it makes it easier to understand the core principles.
The game has two kinds of attacks: spell attacks ...
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Clarification on semantics around melee attacks
The Sage Advice Compendium is covering the use of nomenclature here:
What does “melee weapon attack” mean: a melee attack
with a weapon or an attack with a melee weapon?
It means a melee attack with ...
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Can a Gnoll Pack Lord target itself for Incite Rampage?
Like players a monster can target themselves. As an example, for spells players can always target themselves unless a spell says otherwise. I think it makes sense that the Gnoll Pack Lord should be ...
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Can a Gnoll Pack Lord target itself for Incite Rampage?
It's ambiguous but unlikely
That it is ambiguous is mostly because it is unclear if "a creature within X feet" of it includes the Gnoll Pack Lord. All the rest of the requirements would be ...
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Striking nothing
You can simply strike at a nearby object, whether that be a convenient rock, the nearest wall, or that little statue of a cat on the table in the corner that is looking at you funny.
The rules for ...
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Can a creature chose different targets for each attack on a turn using information about the outcome of previous attacks?
Yes, they can.
Choosing a target is part of making an attack, not part of taking your turn or taking the attack action (and in this case it's two separate actions, one action and one bonus action, ...
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Does Assurance bypass the MAP?
Yes
You've highlighted the relevant rules; Assurance completely negates the up to -10 Multiple Attack Penalty, along with any other penalties that might be applied to the roll.
As a downside, this ...
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Does Assurance bypass the MAP?
Assurance does indeed work like that
As you quoted, you don't apply penalties, so no MAP.
As András said, it won't be enough to grapple most opponents, so it isn't broken or anything. Also take note ...
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Does Assurance bypass the MAP?
Assurance does bypass the MAP
You are missing that anyone worth grappling is out of reach for Assurance
Assurance on Grapple (or any other skill action) does ignore MAP, but it also ignores your ...
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Recursive combined probability for triggering a bonus attack?
TL;DR
There is a closed-form non-recursive formula for computing expected DPR accounting for the possibility of critical hits with an arbitrary number of attacks. Find it below.
Using this is not ...
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Recursive combined probability for triggering a bonus attack?
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Answering these questions:
What is the expected number of hits using the strategy outlined in the question:
without including the expected number of hits from the BA attack
with ...
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