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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7507616" data-attributes="member: 20564">True but irrelevant in this particular case.&nbsp; Let me give an example elsewhere.&nbsp; Say you had up Hex, which adds +d6 necrotic damage whenever you hit the target with an attack.&nbsp; That extra damage does not care if you hit with an attack with the Attack action, with the Cast a Spell action to attack with Booming Blade or Green Flame Blade, or with a reaction to make an Opportunity Attack.&nbsp; Or even with a bonus action if you were dual wielding or had Polearm mastery.&nbsp; Similarly, the limitations on a bonus action spell do not care what the action is used, you simply can not cast another spell during the same turn with the exception of a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action.&nbsp;Potions are a different category and have different rules, so I won't deal with that.&nbsp; But using a wad/staff specifically calls out in all their descriptions things like &quot;While hold it, YOU can expend 1 charge as an action to cast the XX spell from it&quot;.&nbsp; In some, like the Wand of Magic Missiles it's even clearer &quot;For 1 charge, you cast the 1st level version of the spell.&quot;So where we are is that (a) the action type doesn't matter, and (b) you are the caster using an item.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7507616, member: 20564"] True but irrelevant in this particular case. Let me give an example elsewhere. Say you had up Hex, which adds +d6 necrotic damage whenever you hit the target with an attack. That extra damage does not care if you hit with an attack with the Attack action, with the Cast a Spell action to attack with Booming Blade or Green Flame Blade, or with a reaction to make an Opportunity Attack. Or even with a bonus action if you were dual wielding or had Polearm mastery. Similarly, the limitations on a bonus action spell do not care what the action is used, you simply can not cast another spell during the same turn with the exception of a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action. Potions are a different category and have different rules, so I won't deal with that. But using a wad/staff specifically calls out in all their descriptions things like "While hold it, YOU can expend 1 charge as an action to cast the XX spell from it". In some, like the Wand of Magic Missiles it's even clearer "For 1 charge, [B]you cast[/B] the 1st level version of the spell." So where we are is that (a) the action type doesn't matter, and (b) you are the caster using an item. [/QUOTE]

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