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the 2024 D and D rules made drinking a
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potion a bonus action This was a super
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popular house rule in the 5e rules
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because drinking a potion as an action
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just takes up way too much time to
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really justify doing in combat which
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meant that potions really were only used
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in absolute emergencies if no one else
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could heal heal an unconscious party
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member But this also raises a really
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interesting situation where now you have
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kind of a default use for any unused
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bonus action in combat It's a lot easier
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in the 2024 rules to use your bonus
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action consistently than it was in the
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2014 rules but there are still builds
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where your bonus action will frequently
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be left unused for those characters
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Drinking a potion of healing essentially
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becomes the default choice because
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potions only cost 50 gold pieces in a
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game where gold is still functionally
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useless Uh you can just pour all of your
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money into a deep deep supply of potions
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of healing and then anytime you're even
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slightly injured in combat got a bonus
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action drink up 2d4 plus four healing
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like that That effectively turns every
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character into a regen tank makes
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everyone much more durable and makes you
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a lot more likely to survive combat
