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| description = Actions are things a creature can do on their turn in Baldur's Gate 3.
| description = Actions are things a creature can do on their turn in Baldur's Gate 3, usually by expending available resources.
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'''Actions''' are the acts taken by [[creatures|creatures]] on their turns in ''Baldur's Gate 3''. Actions are generally taken in order to deal [[damage]] or inflict harmful [[Conditions|conditions]], but they can also be taken to [[healing|heal]] or aid allies.
 
A special form of action – known as a '''reaction''' – can be used as a response to certain triggers, including on the turns of {{em|other}} creatures.
 
Taking actions usually requires the acting creature to expend one of three [[resources]]:
{{horizontal list|
* {{SmallIcon|Action Icon.png}} Action
* {{SmallIcon|Bonus Action Icon.png}} Bonus action
* {{SmallIcon|Reaction Icon.png}} Reaction
}}
}}
'''Actions''' are things a creature can do on their turn in ''Baldur's Gate 3''. Some actions are available to all creatures, whereas others become available through [[features]] or [[equipment]].


Actions are generally taken in order to deal [[damage]] or inflict harmful [[Conditions|conditions]], but they can also be taken to [[healing|heal]] or aid allies.
== Overview ==
Actions are categorised by their source:
; Common actions : Common actions are actions available to all creatures.
; Class actions : Class actions are actions available through [[features]], such as those gained from [[classes]] or [[equipment]]. Many actions taken by [[Non-player characters|NPCs]] are also considered class actions.
; Racial actions : Racial actions are actions available through racial features, and are exclusively gained from [[race]].
; Weapon actions : [[Weapon actions]] are actions available through equipping [[weapons]].
; Spells : [[Spells]] are cast by casters and by other creatures through the use of [[scrolls]].
; Situational actions : Situational actions unlock as a result of another ability, feature, or condition. It remains at the side of the character's hotbar until the conditions creating it expire. One such example is [[Forced Manoeuvre]] as a result of [[Manoeuvring Attack (Melee)]].


== Resources ==
== Resources ==
Creatures take actions in [[turn-based mode]] by expending one of two [[resources]]: {{SmallIcon|Action Icon.png}} Action and {{SmallIcon|Bonus Action Icon.png}} Bonus action.
Creatures take actions in [[turn-based mode]] by expending one of two [[resources]]: {{SmallIcon|Action Icon.png}} Action or {{SmallIcon|Bonus Action Icon.png}} Bonus action.
 
Additionally, some actions require {{em|both}} of the two resources to be expended.


An additional resource – {{SmallIcon|Reaction Icon.png}} Reaction – is used to take conditional [[Reactions|reactions]] on another creature's turn.
An additional resource – {{SmallIcon|Reaction Icon.png}} Reaction – is used to take conditional [[Reactions|reactions]] on another creature's turn.
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=== Exceptions ===
=== Exceptions ===
; Additional actions : Actions that allow a creature to take an {{em|additional}} action per turn – such as {{SAI|Action Surge}} – {{em|do not}} consume the resource they provide.
; Additional actions : Actions that allow a creature to take an {{em|additional}} action per turn – such as {{SAI|Action Surge}} – {{em|do not}} consume the resource they provide.
; Free attacks : classes that have the {{SAI|Extra Attack}} feature can take an additional free Attack action on their turn after taking an Attack action, without expending an {{SmallIcon|Action Icon.png}} Action resource.
; Free attacks : Classes that have the {{SAI|Extra Attack}} feature can take an additional free Attack action on their turn after taking an Attack action, without expending an {{SmallIcon|Action Icon.png}} Action resource.


== Situational actions ==
== Reactions ==
A less common type of action is a ''situational action''. These unlock as a result of another ability, feature, or condition. It remains at the side of the character's hotbar until the conditions creating it expire. One such example is [[Forced Manoeuvre]] as a result of [[Manoeuvring Attack (Melee)]].
[[File:Monk active reactions.jpg|thumb|right|Figure 1 - Active Reactions]]
Reactions are actions taken in response to a trigger, and can be taken even if triggered on another creature's turn.
 
Some reactions require the acting creature to expend a {{SmallIcon|Reaction Icon.png}}, whereas other reactions do not. Those that do not are generally class features which use the reaction mechanic, such as {{SAI|Divine Smite}}, {{SAI|Sneak Attack}} or {{SAI|Reckless Attack}}.{{note| Many class features which are implemented as reactions in ''Baldur's Gate 3'' are not reactions in D&D 5th Edition which ''Baldur's Gate 3'' is based on. This change may have been made because reactions were added to the game fairly late in development.}}
 
=== The Reactions tab ===
[[File:BG3 Monk reactions tab.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Reactions Tab|Figure 2 - Reactions Tab]]
Reactions are managed for each character through the ''Reactions tab'', located on the spellbook page of a character sheet. The tab can also be accessed immediately by pressing on one of the active reactions on the hotbar, or by pressing a hotkey (default: L).
 
Reactions can be set to be taken automatically, or the game can be set to prompt the player first.
 
If taking the reaction expends any resources, they are listed under the reaction's name.
 
=== Limitations ===
Creatures that are {{cond|Dazed}}, {{cond|Prone}}, {{cond|Stunned}}, {{cond|Incapacitated}} or {{cond|Surprised}} cannot take reactions.
 
Some spells – such as {{SAI|Shocking Grasp}} and {{SAI|Arms of Hadar}} – inflict specific conditions that prevent targeted creatures from taking reactions. However, these conditions do not prevent those creatures from taking reactions which {{em|do not}} consume the Reaction resource.
 
=== Examples of reactions ===
==== Spells ====
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* {{SAI|Hellish Rebuke}}
* {{SAI|Counterspell}}
* {{SAI|Shield (spell)|Shield}}
{{div col end}}
 
==== Class actions ====
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* {{SAI|Cutting Words}}
* {{SAI|Deflect Missiles}}
* {{SAI|Destructive Wrath}}
* {{SAI|Entropic Ward}}
* {{SAI|Fungal Infestation}}
* {{SAI|Giant Killer}}
* {{SAI|Githyanki Parry}}
* {{SAI|Halo of Spores}}
* {{SAI|Luck of the Far Realms}}
* {{SAI|Misty Escape}}
* {{SAI|Opportunity Attack}}
* {{SAI|Riposte}}
* {{SAI|Slow Fall}}
* {{SAI|Supreme Githyanki Parry}}
* {{SAI|Tenacity (Weapon Action)}}
* {{SAI|Warding Flare}}
* {{SAI|Wrath of the Storm}}
{{div col end}}


== Lists of common actions ==
== Lists of common actions ==
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{{div col end}}


== Lists of bonus actions ==
== See also ==
=== Weapon actions ===
* [[:Category:Bonus actions]], a category of all bonus actions.
{{hatnote|See also: [[Weapon actions]]}}
 
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width: 160pt;" |Weapon action
! style="width: 130pt;" |Associated weapons
! style="width: 100pt;" |Cost
! style="width: 140pt;" |Effect
! style="width: 70pt;" |Saving throw
! style="width: 180pt;" |Damage
|-
| {{Icon|Flourish Icon.png}} [[Flourish]] || All martial weapons with Finesse: <br> {{WeaponType|Scimitars}}<br>{{WeaponType|Shortswords}}<br>{{WeaponType|Rapiers}} || {{Action|bonus}} || Inflict [[Conditions#Off Balance|Off Balance]] || Dexterity || None
|-
| {{Icon|Mobile Shot Icon.png}} [[Mobile Shot]] || {{WeaponType|Hand Crossbows}} || {{Action|bonus}} || Weapon attack as a bonus action
''Prerequisite: Dashed or Disengaged this turn''
| - || Weapon damage
|-
| {{Icon|Pommel Strike Icon.png}} [[Pommel Strike]] || {{WeaponType|Longswords}}<br>{{WeaponType|Greatswords}} || {{Action|bonus}} || Inflict [[Conditions#Dazed|Dazed]]|| Constitution || 1d4 + Strength Modifier <br>{{DamageType|Slashing}}
 
|}
 
=== Class features ===
{| class="wikitable" style="height:30pt;"
! style="width: 160pt;" |Ability
! style="width: 100pt;" |Class
! style="width: 130pt;" |Subclass
! style="width: 180pt;" |Notes
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Rage}} || {{Class|Barbarian}} || All ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Frenzy}} || {{Class|Barbarian}} || [[File:Class Barbarian Berserker Hotbar Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Berserker]] [[Berserker]] ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Frenzied Strike}} || {{Class|Barbarian}} || [[File:Class Barbarian Berserker Hotbar Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Berserker]] [[Berserker]] ||
|-
|[[File:Enraged Throw Icon 64px.png|frameless|29x29px]] [[Enraged Throw]]
|{{Class|Barbarian}}
|[[File:Class Barbarian Berserker Hotbar Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Berserker]] [[Berserker]]
|
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Rage: Bear Heart}} || {{Class|Barbarian}} || [[File:Class Barbarian Wildheart Hotbar Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Wildheart]] [[Wildheart]] ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Rage: Eagle Heart}} || {{Class|Barbarian}} || [[File:Class Barbarian Wildheart Hotbar Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Wildheart]] [[Wildheart]] ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Rage: Elk Heart}} || {{Class|Barbarian}} || [[File:Class Barbarian Wildheart Hotbar Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Wildheart]] [[Wildheart]] ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Rage: Tiger Heart}} || {{Class|Barbarian}} || [[File:Class Barbarian Wildheart Hotbar Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Wildheart]] [[Wildheart]] ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Rage: Wolf Heart}} || {{Class|Barbarian}} || [[File:Class Barbarian Wildheart Hotbar Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Wildheart]] [[Wildheart]] ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Bardic Inspiration}} || {{Class|Bard}} || All ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Combat Inspiration}} || {{Class|Bard}} || [[File:Class Bard Valour Hotbar Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=College of Valour]] [[College of Valour]] ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Combat Wild Shape}} || {{Class|Druid}} || [[File:Class Druid Moon Hotbar Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Circle of the Moon]] [[Circle of the Moon]] ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Web (Spider)}} || {{Class|Druid}} || All || [[File:Spider_Portrait.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Wild Shape#Wild Shape: Spider]] [[Wild Shape#Wild Shape: Spider|Wild Shape: Spider]]
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Lunar Mend}} || {{Class|Druid}} || [[File:Class Druid Moon Hotbar Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Circle of the Moon]] [[Circle of the Moon]] ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Rally}} || {{Class|Fighter}} || [[File:Class Fighter Battle Master Hotbar Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Battle Master]] [[Battle Master]] ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Divine Sense}} || {{Class|Paladin}} || All ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Healing Radiance}} || {{Class|Paladin}} || [[File:Class Paladin Ancients Hotbar Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Oath of the Ancients]] [[Oath of the Ancients]] ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Rage (Boar)}} || {{Class|Ranger}} || [[File:Class Ranger Beast Master Hotbar Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Beast Master]] [[Beast Master]] || [[File:Summon Boar Companion Icon 64px.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Summon Companion#Level 5+]] [[Summon Companion#Level 5+|Boar Companion]]
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Frenzied Strike (Boar)}} || {{Class|Ranger}} || [[File:Class Ranger Beast Master Hotbar Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Beast Master]] [[Beast Master]] || [[File:Summon Boar Companion Icon 64px.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Summon Companion#Level 5+]] [[Summon Companion#Level 5+|Boar Companion]]
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Cunning Action: Dash}} || {{Class|Rogue}} || All ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Cunning Action: Disengage}} || {{Class|Rogue}} || All ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Cunning Action: Hide}} || {{Class|Rogue}} || All ||
||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Create Sorcery Points}} || {{Class|Sorcerer}} || All ||
|-
| {{SAI|w=35|Create Spell Slot}} || {{Class|Sorcerer}} || All ||
|}
 
=== Spells ===
{{See also|Spells}}
{{Spell table
|where=action_type = "bonus" AND is_npc IS NULL
}}
 
== Cut content ==
''See also: [[Illithid Powers]]''
{{Legacy Content|section}}
{| class="wikitable" style="height:30pt;"
! style="width: 200pt;" |Illithid Power
! style="width: 100pt;" |Class
! style="width: 100pt;" |Recharge
|-
| [[File:Barb Tadpole Endless Rage Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Endless Rage]] [[Endless Rage]] || {{Class|Barbarian}} || [[Long Rest]]
|-
| [[File:Cleric Tadpole Survival Instinct.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Survival Instinct]] [[Survival Instinct]] || {{Class|Cleric}} || [[Short Rest]]
|-
| [[File:Druid Tadpole Aberrant Shape Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Aberrant Shape]] [[Aberrant Shape]] || {{Class|Druid}}
|-
| [[File:Fighter Tadpole Psionic Pull Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Psionic Pull]] [[Psionic Pull]] || {{Class|Fighter}} || [[Short Rest]]
|-
| [[File:Rogue Tadpole Inkblot Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Inkblot]] [[Inkblot]] || {{Class|Rogue}} || [[Short Rest]]
|-
| [[File:Warlock Tadpole Supernatural Attraction Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Supernatural Attraction]] [[Supernatural Attraction]] || {{Class|Warlock}} || [[Short Rest]]
|-
| [[File:Wizard Tadpole Reflective Shell Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Reflective Shell]] [[Reflective Shell]] || {{Class|Wizard}} || [[Short Rest]]


|}
== Footnotes ==
{{notelist}}


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