Well at least you guys are having some fun.

Welcome to The Overseer! Our first Admin to join.

I'll be doing some work on the game tonight and working with The Overseer this week to get us set up for play come the 7th.

Right!

Since I'm KO'd from the arm wrestling... random fact about your characters: GO!

I am known as The Overseer. I don't have much experience DM'ing city games, but I think we can all have fun together.

I am looking forward to roleplaying with you all. I promise to not kill all of you in my adventures....mwa hahaha!

Hi, Overseer!

Random fact: I'm not 100% yet if Isha Thani's given name is "Isha" or "Thani", or for that matter if it is all one name "Isha Thani". I suppose whichever ends up sounding cooler.

Welcome aboard, Overseer.

Random fact: Rascorook hates the sun because he hates being hot.

Welcome Overseer!

Random fact: Scarlet Dancer goes by Dancer, but if you put "Dancer" on a marquee it looks like there is a random person dancing.

Hi Overseer!

Random fact: Adalya is a courtesan, but she never actually been in court.

Random cat fact: Cats are believed to be the only mammals who don't taste sweetness.

I have a rules question.  Could I use deception to disguise or distract from my spell casting?  I plan on combining actual magic with slight of hand and misdirection in Dancer's performances, and I think it works better if they blend smoothly together, so the audience can't tell which is trickery, and which is actual magic.

No, because then you'd disable counterspell.

To cast Counterspell you must see the character casting a spell, which can be interpreted both as seeing the character and the casting. So if the character is hiding, is invisible or is a sorcerer using subtle spell, you can't cast Counterspell.

Nevertheless, I usually judge that V and S components must be clear and evident, so you can't whisper an incantation or make small motions with hands and arms, unless the spell description says so. There are no rules, as far as I know, saying you can't pretend to be casting a spell, however. Spellcasters may know the difference, of course.

I think it would be perfectly within the rules to try to pretend to cast a spell when actually using non-magical misdirection to achieve an effect.

I don't think it would disable counterspell.  It's not like subtle spell.  The spell would still have verbal or somatic components; an insight check would reveal the distraction.  I'm trying to not be obvious.

And that's just it. It shouldn't take an insight roll to be able to counterspell.

In reply to Radiz'ra the Blooded (msg # 79):

Its simply a skill check verses a skill check, deception verses insight, so it's not an extra condition on the counterspell itself.

Much like someone walking in plain sight, no matter how sneaky you're being, you're still in plain sight. It's kind of an auto-fail situation, if you want to think of it that way. You might convince someone you're casting a spell with music or something or perhaps even that you're casting a spell other than the one you are or from a different tradition...but they'll still know your casting a spell either way.

That's my GM hat interpretation anyway. Our GM might have different thoughts.

???

Before: Counterspell
After: You need to win a skill check so you can counterspell.

....My guy punches dudes?

But dues he punch dudettes?

Not on an amateur level. (I mean, at work...)

There are already a couple  ways to interfere with counterspell.  This is something that can be overcome, so it's not broken.  But I do appreciate the irony that the concern is someone interfering with counterspell.

You're asking for a mechanical advantage that doesn't exist in the game, that only your character is built to benefit from. Why would you have problems with someone arguing against that? You can RP that and get your warm fuzzies about making a unique character without also gaining mechanical advantage.

In reply to Rascorook (msg # 87):

I didn't ask my question to have an argument.  I had an idea, and I asked the DM so that I know their ruling before play.  I'll ask the DM by PM in the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...b_channel=Lindybeige

Some inspiration for the storytellers.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:23, Sun 06 Mar 2022.

Good morning! Looking forward to today. How are you all doing?

Super sleepy! But keen :)