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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7064597" data-attributes="member: 996">First impression:  it's a bit like the old 'Mnemonic Enhancer' in that it's a spell that directly addresses a game mechanic.  Is that really worth it?  Or does concentration seem to play a more central story/narrative role in games you run?  For instance, if the dynamic of such would make it a sort of hot-potato spell, with anyone it's passed to being a likely target...The balance concern is obvious, since Concentration is often considered a balancing factor or meaningful restriction on casting.  I don't think balance is a major concern in 5e - the DM can deal with keeping everyone balanced enough for his table - but, if that is a worry, I'd think that requiring the target you pass concentration /too/ to be able to cast spells of the level of the spell you're passing could be a good way to limit abuse.  Oh, another possibility:  If you or anyone you pass concentration too has that concentration interrupted, you all do.  Because y'know, you're sharing a magical link at that point.  That'd make it useful for holding multiple concentration spells at once, but not for evading the danger of interruption.Or, you could have a different spell with the reverse idea:  'Share Concentration" you and the subject both concentrate on the given spell on of you has just cast, and you must both be interrupted to bring it down.</blockquote>