Divine Intervention allows you to cast a spell. Counterspell counters the spell you were attempting to cast.
If Divine Intervention did not cast a spell and instead "produced the effect of a spell" (An Artificer's Spell-storing Item does this) then Counterspell would not work.
I was in a session last night and that's how the DM ruled it as well, so thanks for confirming. It was a bummer because I failed the CON save required by the new Counterspell. :-(
"You can call on your deity or pantheon to intervene on your behalf." It's up to the dm on how they want to rule things ofc but as the description says with the feature you are taking a magic action to use divine intervention, and your God is the one casting the spell and they intervene on your behalf.
"You can call on your deity or pantheon to intervene on your behalf." It's up to the dm on how they want to rule things ofc but as the description says with the feature you are taking a magic action to use divine intervention, and your God is the one casting the spell and they intervene on your behalf.
Of course a DM can rule it differently, but RAW the spell is cast by the Cleric:
Level 10: Divine Intervention
You can call on your deity or pantheon to intervene on your behalf. As a Magic action, choose any Cleric spell of level 5 or lower that doesn’t require a Reaction to cast. As part of the same action, you cast that spell without expending a spell slot or needing Material components. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a Long Rest.
The only exception i could see is if the spell only had Material components but i doubt any exist, most have Verbal and or Somatic as well.
There are no spells that by default only have Material components in any of the official 5e materials, as far as I can tell. If the Cleric in question also had some Sorcerer levels then they could use Subtle Spell to achieve that effect, though.
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With the new Divine Intervention, a Cleric can cast a spell of 5th level or lower. Can this be counteracted with Counterspell?
Yes.
Divine Intervention allows you to cast a spell. Counterspell counters the spell you were attempting to cast.
If Divine Intervention did not cast a spell and instead "produced the effect of a spell" (An Artificer's Spell-storing Item does this) then Counterspell would not work.
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I was in a session last night and that's how the DM ruled it as well, so thanks for confirming. It was a bummer because I failed the CON save required by the new Counterspell. :-(
"You can call on your deity or pantheon to intervene on your behalf." It's up to the dm on how they want to rule things ofc but as the description says with the feature you are taking a magic action to use divine intervention, and your God is the one casting the spell and they intervene on your behalf.
Of course a DM can rule it differently, but RAW the spell is cast by the Cleric:
EDIT: this thread is somewhat related: Does Antimagic Field suppress spells cast by Divine Intervention? (or any magic made through Channel Divinity)
The only exception i could see is if the spell only had Material components but i doubt any exist, most have Verbal and or Somatic as well.
There are no spells that by default only have Material components in any of the official 5e materials, as far as I can tell. If the Cleric in question also had some Sorcerer levels then they could use Subtle Spell to achieve that effect, though.