Talk:New World/@comment-34985584-20180626102417/@comment-45.56.46.26-20180727043958

In Yggdrasil, the player would not have to announce the name of the spell being cast. But it is likely that casting the spell without the silent cast method would result in a (nonsense) incantation being audible, or the spell failing if the caster were subject to some effect that prevented speech (silenced, drowning, stunned, etc.). The spell incantation being audible should give opposing spellcasters a chance to identify the spell being cast to counterspell it (perhaps semi-automatically, in the right mode).

In the New World, the audible incantation component is simply the spell name, but keep in mind that the English name of the spell is neither the language spoken in the New World nor is it autotranslated japanese. In other words, English is an arcane language of invocation in the New World. We know that counterspelling exists in the New World because of the fight with the Circlet Demon.