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Being technically correct is the best kind of correct. While this is a fun exercise, the DMG page about interpreting rules should be...

alright, not contradicted by the text then. I would have preferred them to say 'use the Magic action' rather than 'cast as normal'...

It is nonsensical. There's absolutely no sense in writing "cast as normal" if it's referring to the Ready Action. You just write that...

except for the Magic action, you do that one right away during your turn and just delay the release of the result until the trigger...

Right. It's a very clear case of specific beats general. Actions happen later as a reaction unless it's a spell, in which case it...

And that is what 100% loses me. The text is "You cast the spell as normal," on your turn. Not you prepare to cast the spell or you...

And then it goes on to make an exception for spells. No other attack type is spelled out as an exception like that. The Magic Action...

it’s just shorthand for ‘specify a trigger to use the action as a reaction to’, it changes nothing about how it works I grant you...

My opinion regarding the OP’s scenario is that if you can take a Magic action, then you can use a Ready action for a spell. If you’ve...

I consider it an important distinction, the Ready meta-action describes how to turn another action of your choice into your reaction...

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...