[Skarg]

Yes. Of course as with many things, it comes down to what the GM wants their game to be like.

In practice, we only occasionally had wizards trying to read each others' spells. Usually that was done in non-combat situations, rather than in the middle of combat.


It occurs to me too that trying to identify a spell being cast might not be a free action, and/or there might be modifiers based on how much attention you can give it.

i.e. You might be able to pay attention to try to read what spell one wizard is casting, but that might require taking an action to do so.


Or, you could add modifiers to the attempt, such as:

+3 if you take an action to pay attention to what spell is being cast.

-2 if you intend to cast a spell this turn yourself

-1 for every nearby figure in combat or otherwise being distracting

-3 for every wizard you have already tried to read this turn


Again, though, this probably belongs in the House Rules sub-forum.