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<blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 8549424" data-attributes="member: 6777737">I think this is a consistent view, and one that leans into the realism of the game world. The real criticism is that, for the amount of effort you need to put in, cast times don't add much to the game. They're like weapon type vs armor type modifiers. Realistic. Fair. But as far as a game mechanic, they're expensive. A fair bit of mechanical weight for almost no mechanical effect.I'd much rather the game just drop counterspell entirely. The type of play patterns that emerge from the spell existing are really not very compelling. Having two wizards facing off against each other and gesturing wildly while nothing happens and they attrition each other out isn't particularly fun or interesting. It's boring. In reality, you essentially never get the Scanlan counterspell [ISPOILER](having only a 9th level spell slot left and needing to choose between using counterspell to save the whole party at the cost of being unable to later save one from his foretold fate in dramatic and memorable fashion)[/ISPOILER]. It's so seldom, and the cost of it existing otherwise is not something I'm interested in reasonably preserving.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bacon Bits, post: 8549424, member: 6777737"] I think this is a consistent view, and one that leans into the realism of the game world. The real criticism is that, for the amount of effort you need to put in, cast times don't add much to the game. They're like weapon type vs armor type modifiers. Realistic. Fair. But as far as a game mechanic, they're [I]expensive[/I]. A fair bit of mechanical weight for almost no mechanical effect. I'd much rather the game just drop counterspell entirely. The type of play patterns that emerge from the spell existing are really not very compelling. Having two wizards facing off against each other and gesturing wildly while nothing happens and they attrition each other out isn't particularly fun or interesting. It's boring. In reality, you essentially never get the Scanlan counterspell [ISPOILER](having only a 9th level spell slot left and needing to choose between using counterspell to save the whole party at the cost of being unable to later save one from his foretold fate in dramatic and memorable fashion)[/ISPOILER]. It's so seldom, and the cost of it existing otherwise is not something I'm interested in reasonably preserving. [/QUOTE]

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