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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 8231505" data-attributes="member: 6677017">While I favor not knowing success/failure of spells in general, I don't favor not knowing effectiveness of Concentration. This is because "Concentration" is poorly named in 5e. It isn't the 3e version where you are actively thinking about a spell. The operating parameters of how it is broken suggest that it is more like a mystical link you are semi-conscious of. You can maintain it through anything but damage, extreme disruption to your physical state, or loss of consciousness. You can be Poisoned, Frightened, Charmed, or even Stunned. You can cast other spells--including ones with extended casting times--establish attunement to magic items, and even rest sufficiently to gain short rest benefit (and I believe an elf could trance through a long rest).So-called "Concentration" isn't. You don't have to focus on paying attention. It is more like a background app or minimized program just plugging away. The fact that you maintain this state essentially effortlessly without any mechanical action on your part but can choose to end it at any time implies you have a type of awareness of it that allows you to turn it off.</blockquote>