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well to be clear the magic user has to ready the spell and hold it and then grapple. However I would say that the magic user would have to pick if he wants to keep concentrating on the spell, use the spell on the target or grapple it. I don't think the intended game design is to do all 3 at...

I didn't say you were calling someone a rules lawyer, I said that you're using the term in a derogatory way and you should stop. Earlier you said nobody likes a rules lawyer in response to someone else. Now you're saying that I'm using a rules lawyer approach. Again, I think you should just...

no worries :)

You made the right choice with the starter kit. READ THE BASIC RULES! There's also an online version you can check out in PDF format: https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/basicrules Now basically the idea like iserith described is to have fun, which is the first priority and second it's...

You should also stop using the term rules lawyer as a derogatory term for people who understand and care about the rules. It alienates the people you try to talk with and makes you out to be something you might not be.

Using fluff to justify mechanical effects and/or changes to rules text is the wrong way to go about it, imo, in a discussion about how the rules work.

That's an interesting question. If you consider the spell to be cast successfully, and you're simply resolving the effects of having successfully cast the spell, it doesn't automatically mean that by incapacitating the caster you stop the spell's effects from finishing to resolve. You can't...

Agreed.

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This is the first time I see the response from JC as well so thanks for posting it. So readied actions can happen in between attacks, it's a small but good thing to clarify since the rules in the PHB don't actually say one way or the other. Thanks for posting the question seebs. and for the...

I didn't say you could repeat it either, I very clearly stated that it says on your turn and using an action. So no you can't repeat it on an OA and JC's answer is still good, like I said in the post you quoted. The spell text doesn't change just because you ready it or you use it as an OA via...

Wrong. Readying an action is not meant to give an advantage or a disadvantage simply by taking the ready action. It's sole purpose is to let you do something outside of your turn as a reaction. That could have advantageous or disadvantageous results. Or worse, you might not even get to do...

Agreed there's some obvious deliberate blinders being put on! JC's answer is very direct. You can only use a spell on an OA if you have the war caster feat. How is that not clear? That aside, the spell itself specifically states that it must be used as an ACTION on YOUR TURN. Readying an...

Here's the problems with your position seebs: 1. in a scenario where readying an action is the worst choice, it means that readying actions = useless = why have it / it's a waste of rules space / it's not useful. Ergo, you must be right and readying an action must have extra powers when...

You're completely right Ryan :)

You're wrong on multiple counts. 1. Readying a spell does not mean it is no longer an instantaneous spell. This is a fabrication of yours to justify your position. Readying a spell does not change anything about it's effect, attributes, duration, etc.. The only thing that changes is that...

Who's yelling? What insults? lol! did you not see the mod post? Can you stop with the personal harassment?

Actually it's directly related. Who readies what is irrelevant. The end result is the same. You can't ready dispel to affect an instantaneous spell. You can't affect someone who has a readied instantaneous spell with dispel either. OR in fact ANY SPELL DURATION because until released the...

More than happy to do so!

seebs @ryan92084 But seebs, this is a specific vs general ruleset. You need to provide a rule that says that the general rule for Instantaneous spells, that they can't be dispelled, no longer applies to a spell being held. You don't get to just invent rules changes because you want them to...