[RQ-Rules] Dispel Magic vs Countermagic

[bick10 at attbi.com]

And I interpret the rules different than both Devin and Leon.  For me the 
Countermagic is in front of all spell on the person or object it is cast on.  
So a Dispel Magic will have to be strong enough to overcome the Countermagic to 
get to the Protection or Bladesharp.  

So Northern DM.  You have your choice.  I don't know about the others but I 
have played it this way.  The player with CM was glad for it when the Broo 
Shaman started casting DM's at everyone.  He was the only one still fully 
powered up when weapons clashed.

Jim Bickmeyer - Lake Michigan GM.


> > Northern DM
> > Another question came up in my game about Dispel
> > Magic and Countermagic.  If
> > Dispel Magic destroys equal or less MP, what happens
> > when it hits a
> > Countermagic?  Does the Dispel Magic destroy the
> > Countermagic or does the
> > Countermagic counter the Dispel Magic?

> Leon Kirshtein
> It depends.  When you cast Dispel Magic it is
> customary to specify what you are casting it on.  
> 
> For example:  "I cast Dispel Magic 2 on what is
> protecting him from damage."
> 
> This way a Countermagic 4 would not help to preserve
> the Protection 2 spell.
> 
> If, on the other hand, the target is not specified it
> would be stopped by the Countermagic.
> 
> Also note what Countermagic would not prevent someone
> Dispeling a Bladesharp unless the Countermagic is cast
> on the weapon itself.

> Devin
> I have always played that unless the DM is cast SPECIFICALLY at the CM, the 
CM 
> blocks (assuming enough points). But if the Dm is cast specifically at the CM 
> then it can take the CM down.