Hello everyone, i got a few questions that i can't seem to find answers that are both written clearly and be logical at the same time. So:
1) Can you Ready Action to cast a spell, without defining which spell, on specific conditions?
ex. Wizard "A" readies an action to cast a spell on Wizard "B" when wizard "B" starts casting a spell. Does Wizard "A" has to specify which spell exacly he will cast at the time he readies the action? this is the same as counterspell in a way, when you make a counterspell ready action but you don't know what spell your opponent is going to cast so you cast whichever spell it is needed.
2) Can you counterspell a quickened spell?
I ask this because it seems natural for a quicken spell being non counterable since one can cast it faster than the other, same as casting quicken spell which does not provoke AoO.
3) If a character makes a Ready action and the condition he specifies is triggered, is he commited to do the action to matter what or can he choose to pass?
ex. Wizard "A" readies a counterspell on Wizard "B". Wizard "B" starts casting a quicken spell which Wizard "A" is not intersted of countering (if he can anyway), can Wizard "A" keep readying to action for the next spell he will cast as a Standard Action or is he committed to counter the first spell Wizard "B" will cast no matter what?
Thanks
(1) No. You have to ready a specific action. Counterspelling is a special case. Note that if you ready to counterspell, you explicitly have to cast something that counters the other guy's spell---you can't choose to cast a random damaging spell to make him roll concentration, for instance. If you could ready "I cast an unspecified spell," counterspelling would be that instead.
(2) Yes, because the rules don't make an exception. If it bothers you, remember that you already took your standard action to prepare to act, you're just completing it now; completion takes even less time than a swift.
(3) He is not committed.
Then, anytime before your next action, you may take the readied action in response to that condition.
May not must. So yes, you can let one or more instances of the triggering condition go by and then act on the Nth.