Coming from the 2014 rules, I'd allow it in my games, but RAW no, from the 2024 DMG:
Using a Potion. Potions are consumable items. Drinking a potion or administering it to another creature requires a Bonus Action. Applying an oil might take longer as specified in its description. Once used, a potion takes effect immediately, and it is used up.
As I understand it, an action is “more valuable” than a bonus action. I understood the new regulation to be more of an advantage for the player. So if I spend a full action, I am in a worse position. For example, I forgo an attack action....
As I understand it, an action is “more valuable” than a bonus action. I understood the new regulation to be more of an advantage for the player. So if I spend a full action, I am in a worse position. For example, I forgo an attack action....
Well, it depends. Some Bonus Actions can also be powerful, especially when combined with certain Actions.
I read this houserule here some days ago. Maybe it's useful for you:
[...] If you want in-game logic, just say that you need to consume the entirety of a potion to gain its full effect. Since healing potions are a roll, you can slam it, miss some, and still get some of the effect. But for flight you need to drink every drop or you don't fly.
Personally I'm sticking with the houserule we made years ago: roll the dice when you drink healing potions as a bonus action, heal the max amount when you drink them as an action. Fits the logic, provides choices when you're in a tight spot, and makes healing potions useful.
PS. I think the thread title isn't quite accurate. Could you update it to better match the original question?
In the end, I mean converting a bonus action into an action. And that doesn't seem to be possible under the 2024 rules. Too bad.... but as a DM I will allow this for drinking a healing potion if the player has already taken a bonus action.
In the end, I mean converting a bonus action into an action. And that doesn't seem to be possible under the 2024 rules. Too bad.... but as a DM I will allow this for drinking a healing potion if the player has already taken a bonus action.
Converting a bonus action into an action (or vice versa) has never been a thing you can do in 5e, either in 2014 or 2024 rules.
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Quick question: can I drink a healing potion that costs a bonus action as my action?
Coming from the 2014 rules, I'd allow it in my games, but RAW no, from the 2024 DMG:
Also, from the SAC:
As I understand it, an action is “more valuable” than a bonus action. I understood the new regulation to be more of an advantage for the player. So if I spend a full action, I am in a worse position. For example, I forgo an attack action....
Well, it depends. Some Bonus Actions can also be powerful, especially when combined with certain Actions.
I read this houserule here some days ago. Maybe it's useful for you:
PS. I think the thread title isn't quite accurate. Could you update it to better match the original question?
Thank you. But I only do two bonus actions in a round and not one action and one bonus action. This puts me in a worse position from my point of view.
Not sure if I understand this part: you can only take one Bonus Action on your turn, not two.
If you think it works better for your games, you can allow your proposal, but it's not RAW under the 2024 rules.
In the end, I mean converting a bonus action into an action. And that doesn't seem to be possible under the 2024 rules. Too bad.... but as a DM I will allow this for drinking a healing potion if the player has already taken a bonus action.
Converting a bonus action into an action (or vice versa) has never been a thing you can do in 5e, either in 2014 or 2024 rules.
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