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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 9761383" data-attributes="member: 42582">The point can be stated more fully:*The additional action from Action Surge is supposed to be fighter-y stuff, not magic action-y stuff. *The Eldritch Knight has a special feature which makes some magic action-y stuff fighter-stuff for them, by letting them substitute spell casting for attacking.I don't think that the wording of the Eldritch Knight war magic features sheds light on the proper interpretation of Readying the casting of a spell.I don't think it's right to say that you're not supposed to do Actions when it isn't your turn. Rather, there is a basic principle for establishing when players can make moves - it's turn-based - but there's also a relatively complex set of rules - Readying and Reactions - that permit players to take moves outside of their turn.And it's fairly clear why the rules are structured like this: the turn-based approach permits the imposition of a reasonably clear action economy framework; but the permission for off-turn actions is necessary to reduce the impression of a metronomic, stop-motion world. The reason the off-turn rules are complex is because of the obvious tension between the two considerations stated in my previous sentence!</blockquote>