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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7008141" data-attributes="member: 29398">I never realized until reading this that the 5e RAW would even allow something this hideous!As far as I'm concerned if you stop casting your main spell to instead cast a Counterspell then your main spell is lost, and might go wild.&nbsp; Casting two spells at once is just ... wrong.Also, after having seen a few thousand too many counterspell battles in M:tG games and never ever wanting to have to DM one in my D&amp;D game, I looked to ensure that a Counterspell could never itself be countered.&nbsp; It's face-palmingly obvious how when thought through:Caster 1: starts casting FireballCaster 2: starts casting Counterspell vs. caster 1Caster 3: starts casting Counterspell vs. caster 2Caster 2: resolves Counterspell vs. caster 1Caster 3: resolves Counterspell vs. caster 2 but now there's nothing left to counter as caster 2 has resolvedCaster 1: Fireball is countered.&nbsp; Pulls out a wand.Simply put, no matter how long counterspell takes to cast sheer logic dictates they must always resolve in the same order they are begun; this isn't M:tG with last-in-first-out rules.&nbsp; If my CS starts before yours does then it's going to finish before yours does, end of story.Lan-&quot;shaking my head at the sheer absurdity of what the RAW allow here&quot;-efan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7008141, member: 29398"] I never realized until reading this that the 5e RAW would even allow something this hideous! As far as I'm concerned if you stop casting your main spell to instead cast a Counterspell then your main spell is lost, and might go wild. Casting two spells at once is just ... wrong. Also, after having seen a few thousand too many counterspell battles in M:tG games and never ever wanting to have to DM one in my D&D game, I looked to ensure that a Counterspell could never itself be countered. It's face-palmingly obvious how when thought through: Caster 1: starts casting Fireball Caster 2: starts casting Counterspell vs. caster 1 Caster 3: starts casting Counterspell vs. caster 2 Caster 2: resolves Counterspell vs. caster 1 Caster 3: resolves Counterspell vs. caster 2 but now there's nothing left to counter as caster 2 has resolved Caster 1: Fireball is countered. Pulls out a wand. Simply put, no matter how long counterspell takes to cast sheer logic dictates they must always resolve in the same order they are begun; this isn't M:tG with last-in-first-out rules. If my CS starts before yours does then it's going to finish before yours does, end of story. Lan-"shaking my head at the sheer absurdity of what the RAW allow here"-efan [/QUOTE]

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