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You conveniently ignored the verbiage "usually". Activating a Magic item usually does require a Magic action and it says so in the description of most magic items with a feature you would activate or use. It does not say so in the description of most (any?) magic items that allow you to cast a...

I think the wording is purposeful. Every item that I know of that casts a spell states you can cast the spell while holding or similar. Items that do something other than cast a spell says you use a "Magic action" to do XXX. That wording differentiation is consistent and I think it is...

I do agree you cast the spell as normal on your turn, I do not agree that means you use the Magic action. It does not say you use the magic action to do it and using the Magic action to cast it on your turn would require you to take 2 actions on your turn. IMO it is a stretch to think that...

Table: Cast a spell, use a magic item, or use a magical feature Rules Glossary: 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 we are looking at language an important thing to...

I disagree with this, I think this applies to the mechanics of casting the spell itself, not the action used. The action used is just an abstaction for the mechanics. It has to be this way because you can not take 2 actions on your turn and you need to cast the spell on your turn.

The text for the Glamour subclass says they can cast Command as a Bonus Action. The Sorcerer Quicken Spell again allows a Sorcerer to use a Bonus Action to cast a spell with a casting time of 1 Action. The text for the Eldritch Knight says they can use the Attack action to cast spells with a...

You are taking Ready as your action. Ready is one of the "main actions in the game" according to the PHB. When you ready a spell you take the Ready Action. That is your action on your turn. The spell casting is happening on your turn when you take the Ready Action to "ready a spell". That...

That is not the normal it is refering to IMO. I think it has to do with what you need to actually cast the spell, not the action - You must have a free hand if you have Somatic components, you must have material components, you can't be silenced if it has verbal components, you have to meet the...

The verbiage in the rules glossary for "ready a spell" This specifically calls out different mechanics than exist for spells thanor for any other Readied Actions including using a Ready Action to use the Magic Action for something other than a spell. It is an action in and of itself. This is...

It is a specific triggering event, not a delay. If it was a delay it would always happen, as a Ready Action it only happens if the trigger happens. This is fundamentally different than delaying an action.

This is not true. You absolutely can take the Magic Action as a readied action when the trigger happens off turn. Here is the text from actions: Prepare to take an action in response to a trigger you define. Here is the text from the rules glossary: You take the Ready action to wait for a...

No it doesn't. The word delay does not appear in the description or in the table. The word in the table is "prepare"

Nothing else except for Readying a spell. That has specific mechanics that are different than any of the actions you can ready including different then readying the Magic Action to do something that requires a Magic Action. Casting a spell is in a special class because it is specifically...

They use completely separate action economy, permissibility and mechanics for the effect you are trying to achieve to come to pass. The effect is identical, the mechanics are not. One requires an action, the other requires an action, a trigger event and a reaction. This is true for any...

Ok there is a nuance here. You always cast the spell on your turn. You can not ready an action to cast a spell when it is not your turn. This is unique to casting a spell. Going by the wording in the rules: 1. You action surge and take the Ready Action to ready a spell, you cast that spell...

Ready action is an action, it is not a delay. It does not count as the attack action and the ready action itself does not count as an attack, the reaction would count as an attack if the trigger event occurs and it is in fact an attack. For example: You can not ready the attack action and...

But it is the "normal" way slow is used isn't it?

Yes you can because you are not taking them on your turn. When I ready the attack action, I take it off turn after the trigger happens. Per the "Ready a spell" rule I must cast the spell on my turn. IF you are saying I must take the Magic Action to cast it then this too would need to happen...

It is the most common, it is not normal in the context they are using here. Slow is normally used against multiple enemies, does that mean I can't ready an action to cast it at a single Dragon when it gets close because normally it is used against multiple enemies.

That is not true it is an action which you take on your turn. It generally allows you to take another action as a reaction in response to a trigger off turn. Spell casting using the readied action uses a specific rule that bypasses this. There is nothing in the Ready Action which lets you use...