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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fuindordm" data-source="post: 6333612" data-attributes="member: 5435">Yes, in 3E the ready action doesn't change the casting time--you start performing your standard action at the trigger event but it still takes place in initiative order.  In 5E you pre-cast the spell and you can explicitly interrupt someone else's action on the trigger event.At least, that's how I've always interpreted the rule for 3E. Maybe I'm wrong.For example, goblin goes on initiative 12 and wizard announced "I ready to cast a spell at the first monster that turns the corner."  In 3E I think the RAW gives the goblin its full action before the wizard can go, so at the very least it can come out into the corridor, notice the party, and run back to where it came from (a single move action) before the wizard can cast.</blockquote>