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What is this referencing?

There were just enough pixels in the first panel that I was able to find the video. I haven’t watched it myself.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTZalI5GQik

Weird Spell Rulings

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Ah, thanks.

For anyone coming later, the first half of the video is superfluous to the meme. I agree with the video’s interpretation of the first one, that that would be a reasonable use of a ready action.

Otherwise, yeah, the meme is spot on

As I said elsewhere, casting a spell and holding it uses visible components the hobgoblin could react to.
That isn’t how I interpret the ready action. And yeah, there should be a save of some sort even if it isn’t RAW, but I think I’d allow it out at my table, it’s creative and fun.
Far as I think about it, if one wants to hide a spell, they should pick up the subtle spell-metamagic. Making every caster able to do what is supposed to be a special ability (on par with doubling the range/duration of a spell) cheapens the ability and makes casters even stronger than they already are.
Hiding the spell and the action it takes are kind of superfluous to the jumping rule that says “[…] each foot you clear on the jump costs a foot of movement.”