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You’re still conflating Action-as-thing-you-do with action-as-resource. You only have one action-as-resource to spend to perform an...
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Clarification: I didn’t say and don’t believe you can’t use Reactions on your own turn. I said Reactions are the only way to act...
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I don’t think that’s entirely clear, but in my opinion you do perform the Magic Action as a Reaction when you Ready casting a spell.
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I see. You’re saying the goal of *performing this sequence of game actions” is to circumvent a limitation, not that the goal of...
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Action Surge prevents you from using the Magic Action on your turn. To quote: You can push yourself beyond your normal limits for a...
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They don't consistently write it that way when casting is part of another action. Consider Improved War Magic, which permits casting a...
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That doesn’t answer the question. A Fighter can cast a spell and then attack. But they can’t attack and then cast a spell. What’s the...
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So, again, we’re bumping up against the problem of the word “action” being used both as the name of a resource you spend to do things on...
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It does, but the magic item effects they were asking about were not spells. I would still say it’s not possible, because Readying the...
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"Can't cast spells" probably negates "you cast it as normal" no matter what side of the discussion you are on.
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The Ready Action does not specifically say you get a second Action on your turn.
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I would say no. Because the Ready Action does say you use the Action you ready in response to the chosen trigger as a Reaction. Just...
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The goal is absolutely not to circumvent a limitation by a clever arrangement of the rules, and it is specifically this characterization...
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What’s the fictional reason that you can’t use the magic action with action surge again?
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The trigger you have a problem with? I mean, that seems legitimate to me. If I'm defending my allies, it seems like "If the enemy...
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