Talk:Useful Counterspelling (3.5e Variant Rule)

Penalties

Why should counterspelling have to screw you over? When it's an immediate action you can only do it once per round anyway, AND you have to spend a spell of at least close to equal if not equal or higher spell level to reliably succeed in counterspelling someone (and if it's not reliable, it's like 'why bother when I can blast them in the face next turn, since face-blasting is traditionally the most effective form of counterspelling there is'). The inability to use highest-level spells the next turn and having all DC's reduced by 2 is just cruel, especially given the limitations imposed by immediate action expenditure. - TG Cid 15:30, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

The problem is this: by casting a high level spell to counterspell a low one, you can effectively quicken a spell for free, AND counterspell. I think that there should be a penalty to counter this. I can reduce the penalty. What would be better?--Parakee^Talk 15:54, 19 July 2011 (UTC)