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Message: <blockquote data-quote="auburn2" data-source="post: 8221126" data-attributes="member: 6855259">So I have found it is more or less impossible to use counterspell and identify spell as written.  When it gets to the BBEG's turn it is far easier to say he casts a fireball, at which point wizard will come up and say "I counterspell him".  I know this makes the spell decidedly more powerful.The only way to not do this is to break up BBEGs turn into two parts - he starts casting do you want to counterspell, no ok he finishes casting and a big ball fire erupts around you.  This gets very clunky when used over and over again every turn.  On the flip side if the BBEG has counterspell I would find it pretty difficult to use logic to determine if they would use it.  It is the same kind of thing - Lich sees cleric start casting bless, decides not to counterspell and saves reaction and slot.  So I play it the same for the bad guys, they know the spell and decide whether or not to counter.Thematically this is magic, so they don't actually know the spell ahead of time but by having counterspell prepared they are connected to the weave and get a compelling idea of whether they should cast it.  If the PC chooses to cast it after they hear the spell, it is not because they knew what the spell was but because it was prepared and they felt the need to cast it.  So although in gameplay it is BBEG casts fireball, PC counterspells, thematically it is BBEG starts casting and based on the disturbance in the weave you feel you should counterspell, PC counterspells, whew it was a fireball.</blockquote>

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