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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerakSpielman" data-source="post: 1541904" data-attributes="member: 7464">Counterspelling, as described in the PHB, is rarely useful. Who's going to bother readying an action to counterspell, when they don't even know what spell is going to be cast? If they don't have the same spell prepared (or one of a handful of specific "opposite" spells) it won't work. Even if they do have the appropriate spell prepared, it's still not a sure thing. So why bother with going through all that trouble? You obviously have spells left (or you wouldn't be able to even consider counterspelling) so why not just cast on your action? You're giving up a sure-fire action for a low-probablility action. Here are my proposed house rules: Option one: Spells can be counterspelled with any spell of the same school and of the same level. Option two: Spell can be counterspelled with any spell of the same level, however, if the spell used is of the same school it provides a +2 bonus to the roll. Option three: Either of the above options, except the spell used can be of the same level or of a higher level than the spell to be countered. This combined with option two could lead to a huge increase in counterspelling, since any spell could be countered by any spell of the same or higher level.</blockquote>