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Its only not exciting if you don't care about the other consequences of failure. You know, the place you're protecting getting...

that is what happens on your turn, you just do not release the effect yet, because you decided to instead wait for a trigger to unleash it

yes, kinda, we are describing the same thing, but with a different emphasis how so, Ready delays all actions, that is not specific to...

People. All the Ready Action does is allow you to use another action which you choose(attack, cast, move, etc.) to happen later. EXCEPT...

Its not THAT distinct though. After all, if I cast a spell with it....I still have to reference the Magic Action to know how to actually...

It’s a unique catch-all action that allows most of the other actions on the list to used out of turn. That’s it. Nothing else...

I’m just perplexed by @ECMO3 ’s insistence that doing something as a ready action changes its fundamental nature and removes the...

I was looking at the spells section and this struck me: Casting Time Most spells require the Magic action to cast, but some spells...

I certainly agree that 5e combat can become boring or a slog to just "get through." The trick, for me, is to introduce stakes and...

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...