When your attack spell is countered or dispelled or you have to hold it back for one reason or the other, you immediately unleash the same spell in retaliation - turning failure into opportunity.
Roll d100 + Counterstrike Casting skill - subtract the difference between your original spell roll and the opponent’s counter/dispel roll
Success - you immediately recast the spell with little option to change it. However, it only costs you the action point for this skill.
-20 DR if you cast the spell at the same target/area.
+20 DR if you change target/area.
Your attack roll with a spell is successfully counterspelled forcing you to spend 2 extra AP to uphold the casting. Instead you let the spell fizzle and recast it using Counterstrike Casting.
Your where concentrating on keeping up a Fire Wall, when hit by a dispelling strike. You choose to recast the firewall to keep it up, but also to move it requiring you to roll a DR of 120 + the difference between your original spell roll and the opponent’s counter/dispel roll.
Counterstrike Casting reflects the instinctual fury of veteran spellcasters. When a foe nullifies your magic, your reaction is immediate and precise - keeping open the channel of power to cast before they can recover.
The skill demands quick thinking and deep magical training. It rewards fast reactions, versatility in spell selection, and a mind attuned to battlefield shifts. The system allows for tactical reprisal depending on how similar the new spell is to the one that was countered.
Could be sqequenced with skills, spells, modules that enhance your chance for success.
The same that countered the original spell (notice that it will suffer the standard combat modifier of re-using a skill, spell or module.