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the difference is that for other actions the entire action is delayed and might be wasted if the trigger does not happen, while the...

If your opinion is that the Ready action allows you to cast a 1 action spell with Action Surge, due to how easy it is to declare a...

Thanks. That's not worded as to allow spellcasting or the use of an item to be an optional activity. You would have to start casting...

To me, that's part of the point. Assuming they are different: To disallow the magic action, but to allow the ready action, even...

Except the ready action says you cast the spell "as normal" and limits the spell to 1 action spells. The "cast as normal...," to me...

Except when I was looking at the Magic section and the casting time: Casting Time Most spells require the Magic action to cast, but...

I'd like to see a 2024 monk in play. No one in any of my groups (I have 1 regular and 2 on-off ones) has taken one. Trauma from 2014...

It specifically says you cast the spell as normal during your turn. The only normal it can be referring to is the Magic Action. Then it...

That says you cast the (1 action only) spell as normal. Normal casting is as a magic action. So it seems quite off (to me) to so easily...

But as you, yourself said, that's just a game construct. Forgetting everything else, it seems really odd to just ignore the limitation...

it's there because it has no good other place to be. The Ready action would not do anything if it would not piggy-back on another action...

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...