Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Barbarian bonus action economy

A fighter can attack, then shove.
A Paladin can attack, then shove.
A barbarian rages, then attacks and can't shove.

That doesn't seem fair, nor appropriate to the fantasy of a barbarian, which is a more pushy kind of warrior than fighter or paladin.

I'm all for making shove a full action, or having it cost an attack like grapple, but that's a matter for a different thread. Given that shove is a bonus action, (and to a lesser extent potion drinking), the opportunity cost of bonus action is much greater than in 5e, and so Barbarians lose alot more due to spending their bonus action on rage. In 5e, spending that bonus action is pretty much a non-issue, as otherwise it'd just go to waste.