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It’s not that at all. It’s a discrete action, taking which allows you to set up a trigger condition upon which you can use your Reaction...

I don’t see any reason it would “turn around and bite you in the bum.” It’s a super niche application of the Ready action that you need...

Ok there is a nuance here. You always cast the spell on your turn. You can not ready an action to cast a spell when it is not your...

Ready action is an action, it is not a delay. It does not count as the attack action and the ready action itself does not count as an...

It’s not just a separate name, it’s an entirely separate listing in the “actions” section of the rules glossary

What if they did it the other way, use Action Surge to ready an action to cast a spell when it's not their turn, then use the Magic...

But it is the "normal" way slow is used isn't it?

Ok so the contention is about whether or not the Ready action used to cast a spell is actually a Magic Action. I don't have a horse in...

It is the most common, it is not normal in the context they are using here. Slow is normally used against multiple enemies, does that...

You are casting it as normal, but you are not using the Magic Action and nothing in the book defines the Magic action as the "normal"...

The Ready Action is absolutely an action by itself. That’s why it’s found under the “actions” section and written as a discrete action...

or the Ready Action if you are talking about a spell with a casting time of an action. You can't take both the Ready Action and the...

You can not ready an action to do a bonus action, not for a spell or any other Bonus Action. Anything you do with a Bonus Action must...

They did change this in 5.5. You can't use a spell slot to cast more than one spell and there are additional restrictions on Quicken...

No the Ready Action and the Magic Action are two completely different actions and both of them can be used to cast spells. Further this...