Timeline for Can Minor Illusion/Silent Image be used to make it look like you're about to cast other spells, to waste enemy Counterspells or Dispels?
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| Feb 12, 2018 at 16:12 | comment | added | Pliny | Subtle spell + deception? Or just conterspell their conterspell | |
| Feb 10, 2018 at 20:12 | history | edited | Rubiksmoose | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 9, 2018 at 17:27 | history | edited | Rubiksmoose | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 9, 2018 at 15:13 | comment | added | Nick Brown | I think that Deception might be the relevant way of pulling this off, not the cantrip. Ask you DM if you can spend an action to cast a cantrip that looks like you are casting a fireball. i.e., cast a Light spell but throw some bat guano into the mix to fool the other guys. If you use a simple cantrip maybe the DM won't cause the spell to fail because you are using extra material components as a ruse. In fact, maybe you should always use extra components (or a focus) to hide what you are doing. | |
| Feb 9, 2018 at 14:54 | comment | added | SeriousBri | @LEÓNHexblade Knowing the casting action is complete isn't metagaming. It is when the casting, chanting and handwaving ends, and an effect appears (Or sometimes doesn't appear, and you wonder if a spell was cast at all, but you still know the casting is over). The instant the spell is cast and starts to have an effect it can no longer be Counterspelled, that window of opportunity is over. | |
| Feb 9, 2018 at 14:50 | comment | added | Asylum Overseer | You will only look silly if you fail, knowing the casting action is completed is "Metagaming" the character that is being tricked would not know the casting is completed, that´s the "Deception" aspect of what I´m trying to do, if the "Deception" works then the spell caster would be force to decide to do nothing a let the fireball harm him and his allies or try and use Counter Spell to prevent it. | |
| Feb 9, 2018 at 14:49 | history | edited | Rubiksmoose | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 9, 2018 at 14:32 | history | edited | SeriousBri | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 9, 2018 at 12:06 | comment | added | Dale M | According to XgtE, working out what spell is cast takes your reaction so you can either do that or cast counterspell | |
| Feb 9, 2018 at 10:13 | history | answered | SeriousBri | CC BY-SA 3.0 |