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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 2954495" data-attributes="member: 545">Unless you have some special tactical insight that allows to you anticipate what your opponent is going to cast (e.g. the 6th level Sorceror countering the 10th level PC Wizard above, or the Defender's of Daybreak Cleric readying his Heal to counter the 3.0 Heal the beaten down dragon is about to cast) it is difficult to imagine that you would not be better doing the crude and effective &quot;I Fireball him when he starts casting&quot; tactic. After all, you have a good chance of both inflicting damage AND stopping that spell with one Action.&nbsp; Why sell yourself short by only stopping the spell?It is only really attractive to counterspell when you anticipate you are likely to burn a spellcasting Action that is tactically more valuable than your own.&nbsp; That requires either special insight as mentioned above and/or a lot more spellcasters on your team.Honestly, I would never bother to Counter.&nbsp; But I might opt to not go for damage and try to temporarily stopping an enemy spellcaster with a Readied wall to disrupt the line of sight/effect.&nbsp; That can annoy the bejesus out of even an Arch-Lich while your allies eliminate his body guards -- this would be a good example of your Action being less valuable than his.&nbsp; Your simple Wall of Force will probably hose whatever hellacious high level hurting he was about to drop on the party.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 2954495, member: 545"] Unless you have some special tactical insight that allows to you anticipate what your opponent is going to cast (e.g. the 6th level Sorceror countering the 10th level PC Wizard above, or the Defender's of Daybreak Cleric readying his Heal to counter the 3.0 Heal the beaten down dragon is about to cast) it is difficult to imagine that you would not be better doing the crude and effective "I Fireball him when he starts casting" tactic. After all, you have a good chance of both inflicting damage AND stopping that spell with one Action. Why sell yourself short by only stopping the spell? It is only really attractive to counterspell when you anticipate you are likely to burn a spellcasting Action that is tactically more valuable than your own. That requires either special insight as mentioned above and/or a lot more spellcasters on your team. Honestly, I would never bother to Counter. But I might opt to not go for damage and try to temporarily stopping an enemy spellcaster with a Readied wall to disrupt the line of sight/effect. That can annoy the bejesus out of even an Arch-Lich while your allies eliminate his body guards -- this would be a good example of your Action being less valuable than his. Your simple Wall of Force will probably hose whatever hellacious high level hurting he was about to drop on the party. [/QUOTE]

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