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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 9133448" data-attributes="member: 9254">3E was a bit of give and take. In 2e if you hit the caster in the time segments they were casting, they automatically lost the spell, but that required luck on the initiative or held actions. 3e did make it a concentration check, but spellcasting triggered AoOs so that adjacent PCs could attack independent of their initiative (and it was still damage dealt).BBEG casts spell, adjacent fighter, monk &amp; cleric whomp on it. Even if the spell isn't lost, it took extra hits.Using dispel magic as a counterspell was just one option to block casters. It was based on the caster's roll, but so was throwing any other spell and relying on the damage to break concentration.Of course, 3e dispel was available to pretty much all casters (aside from rangers and some PrCs) that was also capable of breaking non-spell effects (i.e. Spell-like and Supernatural) and shutting down magic items for d4 rounds.Just imagine the cries of &quot;they nerfed my BBEG!&quot; If 5e GMs had to deal with vorpal swords just being swords or auras going poof.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 9133448, member: 9254"] 3E was a bit of give and take. In 2e if you hit the caster in the time segments they were casting, they automatically lost the spell, but that required luck on the initiative or held actions. 3e did make it a concentration check, but spellcasting triggered AoOs so that adjacent PCs could attack independent of their initiative (and it was still damage dealt). BBEG casts spell, adjacent fighter, monk & cleric whomp on it. Even if the spell isn't lost, it took extra hits. Using dispel magic as a counterspell was [I]just one[/I] option to block casters. It was based on the caster's roll, but so was throwing any other spell and relying on the damage to break concentration. Of course, 3e dispel was available to pretty much all casters (aside from rangers and some PrCs) that was also capable of breaking non-spell effects (i.e. Spell-like and Supernatural) and shutting down magic items for d4 rounds. Just imagine the cries of "they nerfed my BBEG!" If 5e GMs had to deal with vorpal swords just being swords or auras going poof. [/QUOTE]

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