I’m preparing to DM a high level one-shot and three of my PC’s have counterspell and I also plan to run encounters where they fight more than one spellcaster that has access to counterspell. I’m not particularly worried about the balancing of the encounters but do have some questions about how exactly of the rules work out. Let’s say the Warlock casts true polymorph on the BBEG. The BBEG counterspells but fails the die roll. Can one of his minions now jump in and try to counterspell knowing that the BBEG failed? or do I need to declare that both the BBEG and his minion try to counterspell before rolling any dice? And a related question if the PC’s have counterspell cast on one of their spells can they wait to see if the die roll to negate their spell succeeds before casting their own counterspell? or do they have to cast counterspell before knowing if the counterspell they are countering will actually work? I’m more than happy to make rules up for this on my own but I wanted to know if their is an official answer.
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r/DnD I’m preparing to DM a high level one-shot and three of my PC’s have counterspell and I also plan to run encounters where they fight more than one spellcaster that has access to counterspell. I’m not particularly worried about the balancing of the encounters but do have some questions about how exactly of the rules work out. Let’s say the Warlock casts true polymorph on the BBEG. The BBEG counterspells but fails the die roll. Can one of his minions now jump in and try to counterspell knowing that the BBEG failed? or do I need to declare that both the BBEG and his minion try to counterspell before rolling any dice? And a related question if the PC’s have counterspell cast on one of their spells can they wait to see if the die roll to negate their spell succeeds before casting their own counterspell? or do they have to cast counterspell before knowing if the counterspell they are countering will actually work? I’m more than happy to make rules up for this on my own but I wanted to know if their is an official answer. submitted by /u/Very_fast_tea [link] [comments]
I’m preparing to DM a high level one-shot and three of my PC’s have counterspell and I also plan to run encounters where they fight more than one spellcaster that has access to counterspell. I’m not particularly worried about the balancing of the encounters but do have some questions about how exactly of the rules work out. Let’s say the Warlock casts true polymorph on the BBEG. The BBEG counterspells but fails the die roll. Can one of his minions now jump in and try to counterspell knowing that the BBEG failed? or do I need to declare that both the BBEG and his minion try to counterspell before rolling any dice? And a related question if the PC’s have counterspell cast on one of their spells can they wait to see if the die roll to negate their spell succeeds before casting their own counterspell? or do they have to cast counterspell before knowing if the counterspell they are countering will actually work? I’m more than happy to make rules up for this on my own but I wanted to know if their is an official answer.
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