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This is an empirical conjecture. My experience doesn't bear it out. Yes, agreed.

This is a common sentiment when this topic comes up, but what it really reveals is the shallowness of the campaign in question, or the...

the Ready action 'wraps around;' the Magic action (or another action), it is not an action by itself. "First, you decide what...

True, I was typing quickly and meant to say action surge, but somehow wrote Haste. And I do think that's correct. I interpret "cast as...

...doesn't the ready action necessitate taking the action you're readying? the section about how to ready a spell even says you "cast it...

Except then you run into the text of ready action "To be readied, a spell must have a casting time of an action..." So no holding a...

For me, this adds needless complexity. "Cast as normal" IMO means cast using the magic action (as normal) and the ready action allows...

Correct. The other two normal ways are Bonus Action and Reaction, neither of which are used during the casting that happens in...

Casting a spell merits special mention under readying and action: When you ready a spell, you cast it as normal but hold its energy...

To add: after you cast the spell as normal, you must concentrate until your readied action releases it, if your concentration is broken...

I just don't see any other way to read "When you ready a spell, you cast it as normal but hold its energy," than to read you use the...

I address this in a later post and agree with that. But the trigger CAN be something very easy, whistling, even blinking. The point is...

This is far from universal. The trick is to root the characters in the campaign world and to make the players actually care about what...

This never leads as anywhere good! Much better to discuss and contain the problem then to get into some kind of escalating loophole...

Sure, upon reflection, that's correct. But since the trigger can be, as you said, whistling, blinking, whatever - it doesn't change my...