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I was responding to a different, much later, of post, that was talking about how the person running has the right to change rules. Which...
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Poker is an interesting analogy here. Can you imagine if the person running/hosting the game announces that 3 of a kind beats a flush...
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Considering how much time a production like this takes to put together I'm not at all surprised. They may switch to DH at some point...
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Though what also is not railroading: the campaign having a premise. If the GM says "I'd like to run the Tomb of Horrors, you guys wanna...
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that does not answer what action is being taken as a reaction…
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So that then does mean that Action Surge technically reads, "On your turn, you can take one additional action, except the Magic action...
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I honestly think they would have tolerated the cheating, if he wasn't also being such a massive spotlight hog. The rest of the group...
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This is why, for me, I’ve stopped listening/watching to a lot of actual plays over the last year or two. I miss the game night vibes...
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Yeah. I think a few people argumented that this was an intentional change. I do not think so. But that was the answer I got from one...
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Casting Time Most spells require the Magic action to cast, but some spells require a Bonus Action, a Reaction, or 1 minute or more. A...
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spells with casting time action require the Magic action to be cast
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Exactly, "cast as normal ..." not cast as your reaction. It's very muddled but nothing says ready actually changes the casting time...
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So this changes the Casting Time entry for the spell. Unlike Ready, which doesn't do that.
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So you can't do it. Nothing there says "Ready is a brand new normal way to cast spells." There is nothing that explicitly says what...
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the rules on Quicken say “When you cast a spell that has a casting time of 1 action, you can spend 2 sorcery points to change the...
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