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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Peter Gibbons" data-source="post: 2533239" data-attributes="member: 35541">There's a slight conceptual problem with the scenario you've described, because the Reactive Counterspell feat doesn't let you "cancel" actions; it simply allows you to cast a counterspell before your regularly scheduled turn.  Strictly speaking, wizard1 would get to counterspell the wail of the banshee spell and continue readying an action triggered on the dragon breathing.This would mean that if the dragon breathed, wizard1's place in the initiative order would drop to just before the dragon, but on his next turn, he would not get to act (because he's already "used up" that turn on the reactive counterspell).  If the dragon didn't breathe before wizard1's next turn in the original initiative order, wizard1's place in the order wouldn't change, but he'd still be unable to act on that turn (because his turn would still have been "used up").Now, for the sake of simplicity, you could simply allow wizard1 to "swap" the wail-counterspell for his original readied action (and not have to give up his next turn), but that would be an ad hoc  ruling by the DM.  Such a ruling would not (IMO) make the feat unjustifiably powerful.Ready actions are not a "big deal," so you shouldn't worry about them any more than you do Sunders, Disarms, or Total Defense actions (for example).  Except where specifically noted, they follow all the same rules as any other standard action.</blockquote>

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