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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 7572060" data-attributes="member: 6987520">Let's look at Counterspell. &quot;You attempt to interrupt a creature in the process of casting a spell.&quot;The process of casting a spell. It takes time, no matter how little or how much, but 5E doesn't measure &quot;time&quot; actions take. Moving 30 feet, for instance, takes time during that 6-second round. It is not instantaneous. Making an attack takes time. We don't know how long this time is because 5E decided to simplify it, thinking it really didn't matter. But for many of us it does.You can use your reaction to Counterspell, and I have a readied action to use my reaction to try to hit you and stop the spell (possibly, you still get to make a concentration check in our game). What is the difference? Where is the problem?I would still have to succeed in the attack roll, and you would still have to fail in the concentration check. Assuming a 50/50 for each event, it is only a 1 in 4 chance your spell will be stopped, and that requires me to ready my action specifically for that!With Counterspell, your chances are most likely better than 25% that you will stop the spell.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 7572060, member: 6987520"] Let's look at Counterspell. "You attempt to interrupt a creature in the process of casting a spell." [I]The process of casting a spell[/I]. It takes time, no matter how little or how much, but 5E doesn't measure "time" actions take. Moving 30 feet, for instance, takes time during that 6-second round. It is not instantaneous. Making an attack takes time. We don't know how long this time is because 5E decided to simplify it, thinking it really didn't matter. But for many of us it does. You can use your reaction to Counterspell, and I have a readied action to use my reaction to try to hit you and stop the spell ([I]possibly[/I], you still get to make a concentration check in our game). What is the difference? Where is the problem? I would still have to succeed in the attack roll, and you would still have to fail in the concentration check. Assuming a 50/50 for each event, it is only a 1 in 4 chance your spell will be stopped, and that requires me to ready my action specifically for that! With Counterspell, your chances are most likely better than 25% that you will stop the spell. [/QUOTE]

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