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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spykes" data-source="post: 6520505" data-attributes="member: 6749597">There really is no grey area. You cannot cast Counterspell a Counterspell because you are concentrating on casting the first spell. To cast any spell, you must concentrate long enough to cast it. Even a spell that only requires a bonus action to cast, still requires enough concentration to get it cast. The Counterspell reaction interrupts that concentration. It's too late to counter at that point because the interruption has already happened. It's over. You were Counterspelled.The key here is the trigger. Counterspell's trigger is, "you see a creature within 60 feet of you casting a spell." The trigger is not that someone HAS CAST a spell on you, but rather they are IN THE ACT of casting. You can't react to a reaction because you are concentrating on casting the original spell. By the time you get countered, it's over and done. There is nothing to react to. The trigger for the possible second Counterspell has already happened. You were interrupted, but you can't interrupt a reaction if you are concentrating on casting. This is the reason why you can't have two concentration spells gong at the same time. You can only concentrate on one at a time. Casting a spell requires that minimum concentration to get it off, albeit only one action or bonus action's worth of concentration.Even if you were watching two casters, you could not counterspell a counterspell because the reaction cast happens too fast. It's the same with Shield. You can't Counterspell a Shield spell because it's a reaction. By the time you see the spell being cast, it's over.</blockquote>

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