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<blockquote data-quote="jaelis" data-source="post: 7003182" data-attributes="member: 60210">There's nothing to say you can't pause in the middle of casting your first spell to cast counterspell. So a legit sequence is1. Dumbledore starts casting Fireball2. Snape casts Counterspell3. Dumbledore stops casting Fireball to cast his own counterspell4. Snape's Counterspell is cancelled5. Dumbledore finishes Fireball6. The Gryffindor barbeque is saved!That kind of thing pretty much has to be allowed if you're going to let characters take reactions on their own turn. The fireball could equally well have been interrupted to make an opportunity attack (in response perhaps to another creature's readied action to move.)Do note however that if someone counterspells your bonus action spell, like Misty Step, then you are out of luck. Because if you cast a bonus action spell, the only other spell you can cast on your turn is a cantrip.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jaelis, post: 7003182, member: 60210"] There's nothing to say you can't pause in the middle of casting your first spell to cast counterspell. So a legit sequence is 1. Dumbledore starts casting Fireball 2. Snape casts Counterspell 3. Dumbledore stops casting Fireball to cast his own counterspell 4. Snape's Counterspell is cancelled 5. Dumbledore finishes Fireball 6. The Gryffindor barbeque is saved! That kind of thing pretty much has to be allowed if you're going to let characters take reactions on their own turn. The fireball could equally well have been interrupted to make an opportunity attack (in response perhaps to another creature's readied action to move.) Do note however that if someone counterspells your bonus action spell, like Misty Step, then you are out of luck. Because if you cast a bonus action spell, the only other spell you can cast on your turn is a cantrip. [/QUOTE]

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