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Nova Fujit 01-22-05, 09:46 PM	ok I search through the book looking for my answer to this question but yet could not find an answer Lets say I stated I wanted to counter spell such mage we were up against because I had a higher inititive than him...and he cast a spell such as magic missile or a spell I decided that it would not be worth counter spelling (just using as examples a situation such as this has not came up yet but one day may) may I chose to cast a spell like scorching ray at said mage instead counterspelling? other situations like say a mage was throughing a fireball and I instead of casting a fireball I try to place a wall of ice in front of the mage detonating his fireball early.
Someone 01-23-05, 01:01 AM	This should probably go under the "Spells and Magic" or "Combat" sub-forum. Anyway, provided you beat the enemy caster on initiative and ready an action to "cast a spell if the enemy caster does", then you can cast whatever spell you want. Whatever spell you want also includes casting a spell as a counterspell, as long as you make the Spellcraft check to identify the spell they are casting. If you don't want to counterspell, you can hit them with whatever spell you want (possibly disrupting their concentration), or cast a spell that would prevent their spell from affecting you even though you didn't counterspell it (the wall of ice/ fireball example works).