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<blockquote data-quote="ThePolarBear" data-source="post: 7003105" data-attributes="member: 6857451">Player might have a point tho.Never thought about it that way, but Enemy Caster would be doing 2 things at once for at least a fraction of turn: Casting Fireball, getting interrupted by Counterspell, interrupting his own casting of Fireball by casting Counterspell. For a time it's casting both Fireball AND Counterspell at the same time. He is trying to make 2 different gestures for 2 different Somatic components at the same time. I can see how this could be seen as needing 2 different hands free to perform.RAW wise i think hand count is the only thing your player can say it was not done &quot;correctly&quot;.RAI and RAW there seems to not be a problem casting 2 spells at the same time.RAW i think it might be not possible to cast Counterspell on your turn if you cast a spell as a bonus action, as that prevents casting any spell but cantrips with a 1 action duration (Counterspell might be an exception RAI, however i do not have proof of either reading.). But this case is not yours.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ThePolarBear, post: 7003105, member: 6857451"] Player might have a point tho. Never thought about it that way, but Enemy Caster would be doing 2 things at once for at least a fraction of turn: Casting Fireball, getting interrupted by Counterspell, interrupting his own casting of Fireball by casting Counterspell. For a time it's casting both Fireball AND Counterspell at the same time. He is trying to make 2 different gestures for 2 different Somatic components at the same time. I can see how this could be seen as needing 2 different hands free to perform. RAW wise i think hand count is the only thing your player can say it was not done "correctly". RAI and RAW there seems to not be a problem casting 2 spells at the same time. RAW i think it might be not possible to cast Counterspell on your turn if you cast a spell as a bonus action, as that prevents casting any spell but cantrips with a 1 action duration (Counterspell might be an exception RAI, however i do not have proof of either reading.). But this case is not yours. [/QUOTE]

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