Another question: The counterspell rules mention redirecting spells. Even if instant(attack) spells are off the table, Is it possible to co-opt a spell and change its target? It would be nice to take the shield spell off of an enemy and use it myself, or move it to protect an ally who has no magical defenses.
I think this may be something only allowable if the caster generated Spin. I would propose that if your Control roll was high enough to not only overcome the target spell, but also to cast it again, you could do this maneuver with Spin.
Another way might be to "preload" your Counterspell spell with enough shifts to essentially cast the target spell twice. At the end of the round, you will have essentially cast two spell effects at Evocation speed - normally only possible with Sponsored Magic - with the justification that you stole the energy from somewhere. Perhaps a middle ground would be for the player to make a second free action (after the initial Assessment to figure out how much power to use) to make Lore Declaration "Your Spell is Mine Now" which can be free-tagged to allow this double-effect spell to be made in the first place. As a consequence, I would maybe rule that a caster can only choose Fallout as an option if the control roll was insufficient for the task.
And to this end, a specialist in Stealing Magic via Counterspells would simply get a bonus to this application - I'd even give it a +2 since it's rare enough to want to put that much juice into something that it probably won't be too abusive.
