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When you make a concentration check, you roll d20 and add your caster level and the ability score modifier used to determine bonus spells of the same type. Clericsdruidsand rangers add their Wisdom modifier.
Bardspaladinsand sorcerers add their Charisma modifier.
Finally, wizards add their Intelligence modifier. The more distracting the interruption and the higher the level of the spell you are trying to cast, the higher the DC see Table: If you fail the check, you lose the spell just as if you had cast it to no effect. If you fail the check, you lose the spell without effect.
The interrupting event strikes during spellcasting if it comes between the time you started and the time you complete a spell for a spell with a casting time of 1 full round or more or if it comes in response to your casting the spell such as an attack of opportunity provoked by the spell or a contingent attack, such as a readied action.
If you are taking continuous damage, such as from an acid arrow or by standing in a lake of lava, half the damage is considered to take place while you are casting a spell. If the last damage dealt was the last damage that the effect could deal, then the damage is over and does not distract you.
Spell If you are affected by a spell while attempting to cast a spell of your own, you must make a concentration check or lose the spell you are casting.
Pinned creatures can only cast spells that do not have somatic components. Violent Weather You must make a concentration check if you try to cast a spell in violent weather. In either case, you lose the spell if you fail the concentration check.
You lose the spell if you fail. Counterspells It is possible to cast any spell as a counterspell. Counterspelling works even if one spell is divine and the other arcane.
How Counterspells Work To use a counterspellyou must select an opponent as the target of the counterspell. You do this by choosing to ready an action. In doing so, you elect to wait to complete your action until your opponent tries to cast a spell. You may still move at your normal speed, since ready is a standard action.
This check is a free action. To complete the action, you must then cast an appropriate spell. As a general rule, a spell can only counter itself.
If you are able to cast the same spell and you have it prepared or have a slot of the appropriate level availableyou cast it, creating a counterspell effect. If the target is within range, both spells automatically negate each other with no other results.
Counterspelling Metamagic Spells Metamagic feats are not taken into account when determining whether a spell can be countered. Specific Exceptions Some spells can counter other specific spells, often those with diametrically opposed effects. Dispel Magic as a Counterspell You can usually use dispel magic to counterspell another spell being cast without needing to identify the spell being cast.
You can cast a spell at a lower caster level than normal, but the caster level you choose must be high enough for you to cast the spell in question, and all level-dependent features must be based on the same caster level. Spell Failure If you ever try to cast a spell in conditions where the characteristics of the spell cannot be made to conform, the casting fails and the spell is wasted.
Special Spell Effects Many special spell effects are handled according to the school of the spells in question. Certain other special spell features are found across spell schools.
Attacks Some spell descriptions refer to attacking. Attempts to channel energy count as attacks if it would harm any creatures in the area. All spells that opponents resist with saving throws, that deal damage, or that otherwise harm or hamper subjects are attacks.
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