A couple of questions on weapon masteries and actions

Hi there, Midgardians!

So I have a couple of stupid questions:

- Can you use your bonus action before your action?

- If you attack with a light weapon that has the Vex mastery, do you get advantage in your bonus attack in that same turn with another light weapon?

- If you are a Rogue and you attack with 2 light weapons, can you choose in which attack you add the Sneak Attack?

Thanks in advance 😊

Quote from JaimeVonCarstein >>

- Can you use your bonus action before your action?

In general, yes, though some bonus actions require you to have taken a specific other action first. For instance, making the bonus action attack from the Light property requires you to have taken the Attack action with a Light weapon first. Some bonus actions (e.g. casting Healing Word) don't have any such requirements and can be done in whatever order you like.

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- If you attack with a light weapon that has the Vex mastery, do you get advantage in your bonus attack in that same turn with another light weapon?

Yes, if it's against the same target.

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- If you are a Rogue and you attack with 2 light weapons, can you choose in which attack you add the Sneak Attack?

Yes. If you're making multiple attacks in the same turn, you can add your Sneak Attack damage to any one attack you make that turn that hits. You decide whether to add your Sneak Attack damage to an attack when the attack hits.

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Quote from JaimeVonCarstein >>

- Can you use your bonus action before your action?

In general, yes, though some bonus actions require you to have taken a specific other action first. For instance, making the bonus action attack from the Light property requires you to have taken the Attack action with a Light weapon first. Some bonus actions (e.g. casting Healing Word) don't have any such requirements and can be done in whatever order you like.

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- If you attack with a light weapon that has the Vex mastery, do you get advantage in your bonus attack in that same turn with another light weapon?

Yes, if it's against the same target.

Quote from JaimeVonCarstein >>

- If you are a Rogue and you attack with 2 light weapons, can you choose in which attack you add the Sneak Attack?

Yes. If you're making multiple attacks in the same turn, you can add your Sneak Attack damage to any one attack you make that turn that hits. You decide whether to add your Sneak Attack damage to an attack when the attack hits.

Thank you very much for your answer. ❤️

@JaimeVonCarstein If you need the relevant part about the Bonus Action rules:

You choose when to take a Bonus Action during your turn unless the Bonus Action’s timing is specified. Anything that deprives you of your ability to take actions also prevents you from taking a Bonus Action.

Apart from the examples mentioned by wagnarokkr, other typical examples could be:

- Specified timing: Smite spells, Pole Strike (Polearm Master feat) or Psychic Blades
- Timing not specified: Bardic Inspiration, Flurry of Blows or Wild Shape

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@JaimeVonCarstein If you need the relevant part about the Bonus Action rules:

You choose when to take a Bonus Action during your turn unless the Bonus Action’s timing is specified. Anything that deprives you of your ability to take actions also prevents you from taking a Bonus Action.

Apart from the examples mentioned by wagnarokkr, other typical examples could be:

- Specified timing: Smite spells, Pole Strike (Polearm Master feat) or Psychic Blades
- Timing not specified: Bardic Inspiration, Flurry of Blows or Wild Shape

Just as an aside, Flurry of Blows being moved from the former category to the latter in 5.5e has made playing Monks a lot less irritating, for me at least.

Totally agree. I remember some pre-release videos highlighting the change (or the article here on DDB), and IMO it's a very good update for Monks, one of my favourite classes, btw :)