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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ilbranteloth" data-source="post: 6790140" data-attributes="member: 6778044">Exactly. Dispel magic isn't designed to counter other spells being cast, no matter what the opportunity cost is. It is to end a spell that is already in effect. Counter spell is specifically designed for this purpose.Now, having said all this and having had a chance to check my PHB...since they are both 3rd level spells, and there is a higher opportunity cost...it really won't break anything. But the reason they are two different spells is because you'll need to make choices about what to prepare.If there were rules for interrupting spell casting, and thus possibly ruining the spell, I'd consider other options. But there aren't, and with good reason. There aren't rules for disrupting an attack by a fighter with a longsword, so they've applied the same thing to spell casting.Preventing spell casting, (or attacking for that matter) by somehow incapacitating them before they cast a spell. Go for it. It requires you to act first.Ilbranteloth</blockquote>