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<blockquote data-quote="pdzoch" data-source="post: 7003137" data-attributes="member: 80982">The player may be right, but not in the way he was thinking.&nbsp; As [MENTION=6857451]ThePolarBear[/MENTION] is suggesting, there is the rules of the spell to consider.Per RAW, Counterspell attempts &quot;to interrupt a creature in the process of casting a spell.&quot;&nbsp; So it is not about time/action management as much as it is sequencing of the actions.&nbsp; While it is possible to cast a spell that costs only a reaction to cast in addition to a spell that costs an action to cast in the same turn.&nbsp; There can not be a Counterspell to a Counterspell to preserve the original Spell cast BECAUSE the first Counterspell interrupts the Original Spell (in the process of it being cast).&nbsp; While a second Counterspell could interrupt another Counterspell, it could not be cast by the same caster as he would have to stop casting the original spell to cast the Counterspell, essentially ending the Original Spell.&nbsp; However, if a second spell caster decided to Counterspell the Counterspell, then the original spell could still be finished.Whew.&nbsp; This was a mouthful.&nbsp; I feel like I just wrote a skit for Abbott and Costello.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pdzoch, post: 7003137, member: 80982"] The player may be right, but not in the way he was thinking. As [MENTION=6857451]ThePolarBear[/MENTION] is suggesting, there is the rules of the spell to consider. Per RAW, [I]Counterspell[/I] attempts "to interrupt a creature in the process of casting a spell." So it is not about time/action management as much as it is sequencing of the actions. While it is possible to cast a spell that costs only a reaction to cast in addition to a spell that costs an action to cast in the same turn. There can not be a [I]Counterspell[/I] to a [I]Counterspell[/I] to preserve the original Spell cast BECAUSE the first [I]Counterspell[/I] interrupts the Original Spell (in the process of it being cast). While a second [I]Counterspell[/I] [I]could[/I] interrupt another [I]Counterspell[/I], it could not be cast by the same caster as he would have to stop casting the original spell to cast the [I]Counterspell[/I], essentially ending the Original Spell. However, if a second spell caster decided to [I]Counterspell[/I] the [I]Counterspell[/I], then the original spell could still be finished. Whew. This was a mouthful. I feel like I just wrote a skit for Abbott and Costello. [/QUOTE]

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