Search results

Assuming for the sake of argument that your interpretation is the intended one, and Ready is not meant to be an Action itself, then I would argue it absolutely does not thematically belong with the Actions. It should have a seprate “Readying an Action” heading, and say something like “rather...

I don’t dispute that. The text of the Ready Action says that you cast the spell on your turn, therefore casting a spell on your turn is, in my reading, part of the effect of the Ready Action. “As normal” refers not to the type of Action you use to cast the spell (because obviously, if you’re...

But you would have to spend the resource when you use the item as a Reaction. So you can’t use Action Surge to cast a spell on your turn, obviously. If you aren’t casting a spell, the restriction isn’t relevant. I would argue that “the next combatant moves a muscle” is not a perceptible...

It assumes that they wrote the rules the way they did on purpose. If one believes them to have been written in error, or simply dislikes the way they were written, one is free to rule differently. Absolutely. As I’ve said a few times now, this is us, as DMs, talking shop. A player who tried to...

It doesn’t say the Magic Action happens as normal, it says you cast the spell as normal. Casting the spell is part of the effect of the Ready Action when used to ready a spell, just as casting a spell is part of the effect of the Magic Action when used to cast a spell.

Yes, and they also tell you to do that Action later, in response to the trigger, not immediately on your turn. If you did it immediately on your turn, the Ready Action wouldn’t be accomplishing anything. The entire point is to allow you to performance action at some other time when you wouldn’t...

I t doesn’t turn the Action into a Reaction, it gives you another way to use your Reaction. Specifically, to perform the chosen action in response to the specified trigger. I agree it’s an important distinction, and the way you’re interpreting it is not what the rules say. It is literally an...

That, to me, would imply special permission to use Action Surge to cast a spell using the Magic Action and expending your Reaction, which would be much stronger than using Action Surge to Ready casting a spell, since it wouldn’t require concentration or specifying a trigger. I don’t see any...

To be clear, my interpretation is that you do still use a Magic Action when you Ready a spell. You just use it later, as a Reaction, instead of on your turn (since on your turn you’re using the Ready Action). Of course you can. I don’t see why you couldn’t, though there wouldn’t really be much...

Right, but you’re not just casting two spells with action surge. You’re casting one spell with action surge and then trading your reaction and concentration for a chance at casting a second spell, that can easily be disrupted. Additional benefits? What additional benefits? Having to use your...

No, it says you choose a different action that you will take when the specified trigger occurs.

Congratulations on the new meds! I don’t know where you’re from, but here in Ameriksland, most ADHD medications are very tightly controlled and have been in short supply for quite some time, so getting access to them is an infuriatingly difficult thing. Anyway, I voted for Archetypes cause I’m...

It doesn’t really require litigation. There are two potential interpretations here, both of which can pretty reasonably be arrived at from the text, and because this is the internet, people who have arrived at each of those different interpretations are trying to prove each other wrong, and...

You didn’t finish reading the text of the Magic Action. It goes on to say what happens in the case of the spell having a casting time of more than one action… Granted, if the casting time is 1 Reaction, that is not done with the Magic Action. That’s a special case, where the spell itself...

It can’t mean that, because if you’ve taken the Ready Action then you don’t have an Action available to take the Magic Action. The only logical interpretation is that “cast as normal” means performing the required spellcasting components and expending the required resources. EDIT: Also, the...

There is another way to reconcile it, actually: specific beats general. You generally use the Magic Action to cast a spell or use a magic item or other feature that requires the use of the Magic Action. You also generally do so as an Action. The Ready Action gives you a more specific way to use...

Well, it isn’t performed exactly like the Magic Action. The Magic Action causes the spell to take effect immediately if its casting time is 1 action, or makes 1 turn of progress towards the casting time if it’s longer than 1 action. Whereas the Ready action can only be used to cast a spell with...

Gladly! When you take the Magic action, you cast a spell that has a casting time of an action or use a feature or magic item that requires a Magic action to be activated. If you cast a spell that has a casting time of 1 minute or longer, you must take the Magic action on each turn of that...

It can’t be the Magic Action because you’ve already used your Action to perform the Ready Action. “Cast as normal” therefore can only mean perform the spellcasting components and spend the spell slot (or magic item charge or species/class/feat feature usage). No, the Magic Action allows you to...

Correct. Spellcasting is something the Magic Action allows, not something required in order to perform the Magic Action. No, I’m not. I’m arguing that you’re using the Ready Action, which allows you to perform a different Action as a Reaction in response to a trigger. When the Action you...