Your game statistics are replaced by the stat block of the chosen form, but you retain your creature type; alignment; personality; Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; Hit Points; Hit Point Dice; proficiencies; and ability to communicate. If you have the Spellcasting feature, you retain it too.
Does "you retain it too" mean:
You retain your original Spellcasting feature (thus not gaining the monster’s Spellcasting feature), OR
You retain your Spellcasting feature while also gaining the monster’s Spellcasting feature?
It's the first option. "You retain it too" is adding to the list of things that you retain from your original form instead of being "replaced by the stat block of the chosen form".
I think that's not right, because Spellcasting, for monsters, isn't a feature or a trait. It's just an action they can take.
In fact, when I said "You retain your Spellcasting feature while also gaining the monster's Spellcasting feature", that's technically not true. It should be "You retain your Spellcasting feature while also gaining the monster's Spellcasting action" (all their actions from the stat block, really)
I shared the evolution of Spellcasting for the new monsters a while ago:
Since 2014, spellcasting creatures have tended to have the Spellcasting trait, the Innate Spellcasting Trait, or both. Starting in 2021, we have merged those two traits into an action called Spellcasting. That action now appears in the “Actions” section of a stat block, and it has a few important qualities:
The Spellcasting action doesn’t use spell slots. A creature can cast the action’s spells a certain number of times per day.
The only spells that appear in the Spellcasting action are ones that take an action to cast. If a spell requires a bonus action, a reaction, or a minute or more to cast, that spell must appear elsewhere in the stat block. This change ensures that bonus actions and reactions—such as misty step and shield—aren’t hiding out in a list of spells.
We’re more selective about which spells appear in a stat block, focusing on spells that have noncombat utility. A magic-using monster’s most potent firepower is now usually represented by a special magical action, rather than relying on spells.
If instead we want to know the end result of what happens when you Shapechange, then it's as you are describing:
If you have the Spellcasting feature, you retain it. You also retain a few other things (too). The rest of your game statistics are replaced by the stat block of the chosen form.
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After the PHB 2024 errata, Shapechange states:
Does "you retain it too" mean:
You retain your original Spellcasting feature (thus not gaining the monster’s Spellcasting feature), OR
You retain your Spellcasting feature while also gaining the monster’s Spellcasting feature?
This topic was also mentioned here: Shapechange (spell) clarification
It's the first option. "You retain it too" is adding to the list of things that you retain from your original form instead of being "replaced by the stat block of the chosen form".
I think that's not right, because Spellcasting, for monsters, isn't a feature or a trait. It's just an action they can take.
In fact, when I said "You retain your Spellcasting feature while also gaining the monster's Spellcasting feature", that's technically not true. It should be "You retain your Spellcasting feature while also gaining the monster's Spellcasting action" (all their actions from the stat block, really)
I shared the evolution of Spellcasting for the new monsters a while ago:
It looks like we're talking past each other on this one. If we want to know the answer to OP's question, which was:
Then the answer is what I said in my above post.
If instead we want to know the end result of what happens when you Shapechange, then it's as you are describing:
If you have the Spellcasting feature, you retain it. You also retain a few other things (too). The rest of your game statistics are replaced by the stat block of the chosen form.