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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9219951" data-attributes="member: 29398">So you're using what amounts to a last-in first-out stack, then.The problem with allowing this is that it blows away the idea of spells taking any in-game time to cast; and that spells require some in-game time to cast is the primary (if not only) rationale that viably allows them to be interrupted by anyone, martial or otherwise.&nbsp; Put another way, if spells take no time at all to cast then they're obviously happening too fast to be interrupted.Now, if in your game you've specifically set it up such that Ice Storm takes longer to cast than Fireball (and so on through your example) then fine, but this falls apart the moment you then allow Ice Storm to counter Fireball.&nbsp; And if they take the same amount of time to cast (which as written 5e combat spells seem to mostly do) then by the time the responder has recognized the Ice Storm for what it is and has got away a Fireball, the Ice Storm has already resolved.And before anyone jumps in with &quot;but Jeremy Crawford said it works this way in sage advice&quot;, don't bother.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 9219951, member: 29398"] So you're using what amounts to a last-in first-out stack, then. The problem with allowing this is that it blows away the idea of spells taking any in-game time to cast; and that spells require some in-game time to cast is the primary (if not only) rationale that viably allows them to be interrupted by anyone, martial or otherwise. Put another way, if spells take no time at all to cast then they're obviously happening too fast to be interrupted. Now, if in your game you've specifically set it up such that Ice Storm takes longer to cast than Fireball (and so on through your example) then fine, but this falls apart the moment you then allow Ice Storm to counter Fireball. And if they take the same amount of time to cast (which as written 5e combat spells seem to mostly do) then by the time the responder has recognized the Ice Storm for what it is and has got away a Fireball, the Ice Storm has already resolved. And before anyone jumps in with "but Jeremy Crawford said it works this way in sage advice", don't bother. [/QUOTE]

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