[RPG] Can you use your bonus action to Dash on the same turn as you cast Expeditious Retreat

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Expeditious Retreat uses a bonus action to cast and grants you the ability to take the Dash action as a bonus action for as long as the spell lasts.

So, can you use the Dash it grants you when cast in the same turn as you cast Expeditious Retreat or is it only in subsequent turns?

Best Answer

You can only take a single bonus action each turn. However, Expeditious Retreat says that:

When you cast this spell, and then as a bonus action on each of your turns until the spell ends, you can take the Dash action.

This can be paraphrased as:

When you cast this spell, you can take the Dash action. Then, as a bonus action on each of your turns until the spell ends, you can take the Dash action.

Or to summarise, on the turn you cast the spell, no further action beyond casting the spell is required to take the Dash action.

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