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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seebs" data-source="post: 6788434" data-attributes="member: 61529">The fact that you'd only use a readied action when there's nothing useful to do with your action is why I consider the cost "high"; it has to offer some kind of real advantage to be an option that you'd ever use.Because you might want to ready an action for "if the other party attacks us".Could you point me to a single instance previously in the thread of anyone talking about the state of an "instantaneous" spell which has been readied, and thus which is subject to being prevented from going off by attacks? If you don't ready a spell, there's no way for an attack to break your concentration on an instantaneous spell, because there's no concentration involved in casting an instantaneous spell.Yes, that is because I was curious about a thing which I had not yet seen any discussion of. I am not only here to discuss your specific points, but rather, to discuss the topic in general.That's a good point; it's clearly generally the intent that the mage slayer attack happens after the spell has been cast, and that this would include the initial spell effects (such as people making saves, targets being selected, and so on). However, I think you're mistaken about the necessity of distinguishing between casting and resolution, because the rules for readied actions clearly make that distinction.I never said JC did that. See readied actions, page 193. "When you ready a spell, you cast it as normal but hold its energy, which you release with your reaction when the trigger occurs." We have a distinction here where you have cast the spell, but are now "holding its energy", which means that you're done casting but are using concentration to keep the spell ready for a reaction.And even has special rules for readying a spell, which change the way the "cast a spell" action works when you use ready to cast a spell.Well, that's the interesting question. You're allowed to target a "magical effect". Is a spell someone is concentrating on a "magical effect"? It seems to me that it might be considered one.</blockquote>

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