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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 7504582" data-attributes="member: 58197">From the spellcasting rules:&quot;A spell cast with a bonus action is especially swift. You must use a bonus action on your turn to cast the spell, provided that you haven't already taken a bonus action this turn. You can't cast another spell during the same turn, except for a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action.&quot; (Emphasis added.)You can't cast another non-cantrip spell, period. Doesn't matter how you're casting it or what kind of action it is.From the wand of lightning bolts:&quot;This wand has 7 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast the lightning bolt spell (save DC 15) from it.&quot;When you use the wand, you are casting a spell. It can be counterspelled, it is warded off by globe of invulnerability, etc. It isn't a concentration spell, but if it were, you'd have to concentrate on it. The one difference from regular spellcasting (as specifically laid out in the DMG) is that you don't need any components. However, the DMG offers no such exemption from the bonus-action spell rules.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 7504582, member: 58197"] From the spellcasting rules: "A spell cast with a bonus action is especially swift. You must use a bonus action on your turn to cast the spell, provided that you haven't already taken a bonus action this turn. [B]You can't cast another spell during the same turn,[/B] except for a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action." [i](Emphasis added.)[/i] You can't cast another non-cantrip spell, period. Doesn't matter how you're casting it or what kind of action it is. From the [i]wand of lightning bolts[/i]: "This wand has 7 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges [B]to cast[/B] the lightning bolt spell (save DC 15) from it." When you use the wand, you are casting a spell. It can be [i]counterspelled[/i], it is warded off by [i]globe of invulnerability[/i], etc. It isn't a concentration spell, but if it were, you'd have to concentrate on it. The one difference from regular spellcasting (as specifically laid out in the DMG) is that you don't need any components. However, the DMG offers no such exemption from the bonus-action spell rules. [/QUOTE]

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