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<blockquote data-quote="Mordhau" data-source="post: 8412836" data-attributes="member: 7032137">DM: The evil wizard throws a fiery explosion at you.Wizard player: I counterspell it!DM: You can't it's not a spell.Wizard player:&nbsp; What is it then?&nbsp; What is he doing?DM: He wiggles his fingers and says some eldritch words.Player: So it is a spell! I counterspell.DM: But it doesn't say it's a spell.Player: So he's not an evil wizard then.&nbsp; Is he somesort of Genie perhaps.&nbsp; Hey cleric?&nbsp; You got a Banishment ready?DM: No he's a wizard.Player: So it's a spell.I find that article a very weird take.&nbsp; The point to my mind seems to be making monster stat blocks easy to use.&nbsp; That's a good thing.&nbsp; I doubt they intentionally nerfed counterspell.&nbsp; They probably just didn't consider how ridiculously rules lawyery D&amp;D players are.&nbsp; Possibly they need to add something like a spell keyword.If counterspell is too powerful then FFS they should just fix counterspell.&nbsp; Offering false promises would not be fixing anything, it's just bad design (&quot;We're going to pretend to give you something overpowered, but then we're going to screw you by never giving you a chance to use it.&nbsp; Hey, take that player who thought you had access to an ability that would actually be useful&quot;).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mordhau, post: 8412836, member: 7032137"] DM: The evil wizard throws a fiery explosion at you. Wizard player: I counterspell it! DM: You can't it's not a spell. Wizard player: What is it then? What is he doing? DM: He wiggles his fingers and says some eldritch words. Player: So it is a spell! I counterspell. DM: But it doesn't say it's a spell. Player: So he's not an evil wizard then. Is he somesort of Genie perhaps. Hey cleric? You got a Banishment ready? DM: No he's a wizard. Player: So it's a spell. I find that article a very weird take. The point to my mind seems to be making monster stat blocks easy to use. That's a good thing. I doubt they intentionally nerfed counterspell. They probably just didn't consider how ridiculously rules lawyery D&D players are. Possibly they need to add something like a spell keyword. If counterspell is too powerful then FFS they should just fix counterspell. Offering false promises would not be fixing anything, it's just bad design ("We're going to pretend to give you something overpowered, but then we're going to screw you by never giving you a chance to use it. Hey, take that player who thought you had access to an ability that would actually be useful"). [/QUOTE]

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