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<blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 8220703" data-attributes="member: 27385">I just tell them unless some rare spell or non-PHB.&nbsp; It goes back to threads on PCs knowing that fire affects a troll and how far can someone see with a torch and such.&nbsp; The PCs would have grown up in that world and trained in these things.&nbsp; Spellcasters are the only ones that can counterspell at 5th level which should mean something.&nbsp; Summers at Mage Camp would have had a class on the teacher saying, &quot;If you see someone pulling out bat crap and saying these words...&quot;- Counterspell.There is also the fairness of the DM knowing the spell the players are casting and if I want the bad guy to use his counterspell.&nbsp; If a player starts to tell me he is casting a spell and checking if I want to counter it before he tells me what spell is being cast, I would have problems with him.&nbsp; &quot;I'm wiggling my fingers and it could be magic missile, but it could be fireball- what are you going to do DM.&quot;&nbsp; His PC would likely be targeted, a lot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aco175, post: 8220703, member: 27385"] I just tell them unless some rare spell or non-PHB. It goes back to threads on PCs knowing that fire affects a troll and how far can someone see with a torch and such. The PCs would have grown up in that world and trained in these things. Spellcasters are the only ones that can counterspell at 5th level which should mean something. Summers at Mage Camp would have had a class on the teacher saying, "If you see someone pulling out bat crap and saying these words..."- Counterspell. There is also the fairness of the DM knowing the spell the players are casting and if I want the bad guy to use his counterspell. If a player starts to tell me he is casting a spell and checking if I want to counter it before he tells me what spell is being cast, I would have problems with him. "I'm wiggling my fingers and it could be magic missile, but it could be fireball- what are you going to do DM." His PC would likely be targeted, a lot. [/QUOTE]

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