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<blockquote data-quote="Mephistopheles" data-source="post: 7669594" data-attributes="member: 4460"><p>I wasn't necessarily advocating for the position in my post, I was just working through it based on what I could find in the books in response to the point raised in the Sage Advice column.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, I don't think it's more reasonable that the knowledge of which spell is being cast is automatic, but it is the more gentle interpretation. I do agree that for a group of new players it would be preferable to play it as you've suggested. For a more experienced group I think I'd make it a group decision as it will work both for and against the players; although to be fair, it would probably work more in the NPCs favour than the PCs - even if the players don't disclose what they're casting until the DM decides whether to counter, over the course of the game the DM will be better able to guess what spells the PCs will use than the other way around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mephistopheles, post: 7669594, member: 4460"] I wasn't necessarily advocating for the position in my post, I was just working through it based on what I could find in the books in response to the point raised in the Sage Advice column. Having said that, I don't think it's more reasonable that the knowledge of which spell is being cast is automatic, but it is the more gentle interpretation. I do agree that for a group of new players it would be preferable to play it as you've suggested. For a more experienced group I think I'd make it a group decision as it will work both for and against the players; although to be fair, it would probably work more in the NPCs favour than the PCs - even if the players don't disclose what they're casting until the DM decides whether to counter, over the course of the game the DM will be better able to guess what spells the PCs will use than the other way around. [/QUOTE]
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