Originally Posted by JandK
Conflating character development with an endless slew of mechanical options is, by definition, conflation.

It's conflating options for story quests with options for whether or not shove should be a bonus action.

Honestly, I understand why Larian isn't as responsive to some of the chatter here as folks would like.

The problem is, of course, "Option this, option that", and context. When I read the quote chain that led up to my reply, none of this has anything to do with whether or not shove is a bonus action. Whether I think it should be an option or not, which I don't, doesn't matter. How I approach combat doesn't have to have anything to do with shoving. Neither does how I approach doing, or skipping certain quests.