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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 9756477" data-attributes="member: 6779196">You can’t take two Actions simultaneously, and you certainly can’t take an action in response to a trigger before that trigger has actually happened.Look, it’s very simple. To cast a spell with a casting time of 1 Action, you must take an Action that allows you to cast a spell. Two such actions exist: the Magic Action, whose effects are described under the Magic entry in the Actions section, and the Ready Action, whose effects are described under the Ready entry in the Actions section. Specifically, this Action allows you to declare another Action (or moving up to your speed), and a specific trigger which will allow you to take the specified Action as a Reactuon in response to said trigger. In the specific case of the Magic action, you must perform all necessary spellcasting components (Verbal, Somatic, and/or Material) required by the spell and spend any necessary resources (usually a spell slot, but sometimes a charge from a magic item or a use of a feature granted by your Species, Class, a Feat, or similar) on your turn. The text shorthands this to “cast the spell as normal”. Then, you must concentrate on the spell until the specified trigger occurs, at which time you “release” the spell, and it takes effect.</blockquote>