TLDR: Sorcerer in 3. Level limits for potions and wands apply to the spell's higher spell level (after the application of the metamagic feat). With Practical Metamagic adding Fell Drain to this only costs a level 2 slot, and the negative levels can get really nasty with high caster level and/or Extend Spell against anyone without a sky-high reflex save. Thus Heightening a spell from level 3 to level 5 is a +2 and when added to the +2 of empowering a spell would result in a +4 adjustment. When applying a metamagic feat to a spell, you must either use Metamagic Song to completely offset the increase in the spell's effective level or apply the metamagic feat normally and cast the spell at its higher level. Metamagic Rod (Quicken, Greater) The wielder can cast up to three spells per day (of 9th level or lower) that are quickened as though using the Quicken Spell feat. The metamagic increases the spell level by +1. So, any specified rules is redundant, since the feats itself explain how to use it. These feats allow spellcasters to tinker with their spells’ range, area, damage, components required, and even casting time. Complete list of. You need Rapid Metamagic, or Rapid spell to pull it off, but if you do, you could have a lvl 1 or 4 Arcane Thesis blast cast as many times as you like. Your cold spells are so cold that they can damage. You have learned to marry the power of lightning and. Choose a metamagic feat you know. Doing so takes 24 hours and uses up magical materials that cost 100gp. But if. A reach spell uses up a spell slot two levels higher than the spell's actual level. First example that pops to mind is Bane Magic from Heroes of Horror: adds 2d6 damage to a spell vs. If you're going metamagic, use feats. Once per day per class level, you can apply the benefit of that feat to any spell you cast without increasing the level of the spell, preparing it ahead of time, or increasing. Yourfirespells sear. Benefit. Complete list of all D&D spells, rulebooks, feats, classes and more!Originally Posted by Yzzyx. I know you can take the rapid metamagic feats and use 1/day or 3x/day depending on the dm's variant. ; Sanctum Spell - To lower the effective level of the spell by -1 without a slot modifier. Immediate Magic PH2: While not related to summoning, this deserves special mention. g. An enlarged spell with a range of close now has a range of 50 ft. Empower vs maximize vs admixture is also like a wings vs orb discussion. Depending on the group and the specific metamagic, many GMs can be talked into houseruling that Spell Secret can apply to other +1s as well. 5 from 3. $35kish. Benefit: Choose a metamagic feat you already have. A rapid spell with a casting time of 1 full round can be cast as a standard action. The classical gish build is paladin 2/sorcerer 4/Spellsword 1/Abjurant Champion 5/something (often Sacred Exorcist) 8. An analysis of Metamagic Feats for 3. Knowledge (Architecture and Engineering) 5 ranks, Ability to summon undead. Is there one that is of a similar level of power that doesn't? If not, what are the best weaker ones? This is for a Wizard doing minimal, if any, metamagic cost. Replace your 9th level feat with rapid metamagic or you cannot use metamagic feats with arcane fusion (see errata). 5] Easy Metamagic. Metamagic is widely considered to be one of the most tried and tested methods of breaking the game. Metamagic rods hold the essence of a metamagic feat, allowing the user to apply metamagic effects to spells (but not spell-like abilities) as they are cast. Spontaneous Summoning UA: By “losing” a spell of your choice, you can cast any summon monster spell of a lower level. E. However, using Metamagic Spell Trigger you use 3 charges of a wand of Sonic Snap to apply Fell Drain, making it 22. MA. Metamagic Options A Sorcerer uses transmuted spell 3rd-level sorcerer feature When you choose Metamagic options, you have access to the following additional options. Grab a ring of clumsiness. For extra craziness, look at Malconvoker in Complete Scoundrel. The combat cleric makes great use of quicken, so does the buffer cleric. Then you put venomfire on all three of you, and metamagic that shit as you level up with empower/maximize. Sorcerers and bards must take more time to cast a metamagic spell (one enhanced by a metamagic feat) than a regular spell. Reduce the cost of adding metamagic feats to spells of a chosen school of magic: X: Rapid Metamagic: CM: Spellcraft 12 ranks, ability to spontaneously cast spells: Apply metamagic feats without increasing casting time: X: Better than Accelerated Metamagic/PHB2 variant sorcerer, but comes online later: Residual Magic: CM:. Rapid metamagic is required to keep casting time at 1 standard action. Such spells also don't offer the opportunity for the caster to apply the caster's own metamagic feats to the mimicked spell. You have a very small spell selection though and you still need your hands to be free so maybe it would be best to have a still spell metamagic rod that doubles as a weapon or something like that. You can use two spell slots of the same level to cast a spell you know that is one level higher. Casting a Metamagic Spell. Dragon Magazine is out, so I don't have access to Easy Metamagic. I can't vouch for its completeness, but in any case this seems like a good place to start. A rapid spell uses up a spell slot one level higher than the spell's actual level. Practical Metamagic ( Races of the Dragon, p. All input appreciated. 5 killer gnome. When using that magic item, you must use an activation. Limits on times/day, so the rapid metamagic feat might be preferable, but you only give up your familiar. Now, if I wanted to take 2 metamagic feats -- lets call them X and Y -- each with the prerequisite: any other metamagic feat. Where "x" is the modified level of the regular metamagic feat. Knowledge (religion) 4 ranks, Speak Language (Draconic). BATTLECASTER. Spells without somatic components are not affected. Gender. You power your spells with your own essence. Rapid Summoning is the equivalent of a +1 level metamagic feat (Rapid Spell) for all of your summoning spells, for free. Use metamagic feats with spell trigger items: Piercing Evocation: Spell Focus (evocation) or evoker level 1st: 10 points of energy damage from evocation spells becomes untyped damage: Ranged Recall: Spellcraft 4 ranks, Point Blank Shot, Weapon Focus (ranged spell) Reroll missed spell or spell-like ranged attack at –5 penalty: Rapid Metamagic Practical Metamagic I have. (This isn't the same as a 1-round casting time. Best. Acrobatic; Agile; Alertness; Animal Affinity; Armor Proficiency (Light) Armor Proficiency (Medium) Armor Proficiency (Heavy). You can perform another action, even casting another spell, in the same round as you cast a quickened spell. I have been looking into if it is possible to use the ring of transcendent spells with spells cast from a wand. Type: Metamagic. You can put this on a metamagic feat which you're going to use a lot like Quickened, or Split Ray. Quicken Spell-Like Ability would allow you to make one quickened eldritch blast, and one normal eldritch blast in a round a total of 3/day. Get a Standard Metamagic Rod of Empower and use it with Fire Seeds (berry bombs), put all eight berries in a pouch and you'll deal (1d8+CL)x12 damage (average >200 damage) in a 5-ft. Rapid spells with casting times measured in minutes can be cast in 1 minute, and rapid spells with casting times measured in hours can be cast in 1 hour. Arcane Thesis can change things up though. When you apply any metamagic feats other than Heighten Spell to that spell, the enhanced spell uses up a spell slot one level lower than normal. * Metamagic hijinx: (E. Blooded Metamagic. You could not use a longsword and a metamagic rod in the same hand, because they both use that hand. Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Incantatrixes gain no proficiency with any weapon or armor. Re: New Cleric Build Divine MetaMagic. A spell that takes 1 round to cast is a full-round action. Immediately cast Celerity (PH2), and use the extra standard action to cast another. 84) [Metamagic] You can cast spells with long casting times more quickly. Re: Reducing Metamagic Costs to zero. A spellcaster who uses a metamagic component casts a. I only know of a few. You have learned to marry the power of lightning and. « Reply #14 on: February 20, 2012, 03:01:36 PM ». A number of times per day equal to (5 - the spell level increase of the feat) you may spontaneously apply that feat to a spell as you cast it, with no increase in casting time or spell level. Feat you're looking for is Rapid Metamagic (need 12 spellcraft ranks and spontaneous casting, benefit: When you apply a metamagic feat to a spontaneously cast spell, the spell takes only its normal casting time. also, instant metamagic can be useful a bit. Accelerate Metamagic from Races of the Dragon. Rapid Metamagic – Feat – D&D ToolsIf you are a spellcaster who likes to modify your spells with metamagic feats, this feat is for you. 5 PHB2. 5 GP per use. $egingroup$ There are two other options: the Rapid Metamagic feat (Complete Mage, page 46), which removes the casting time increase from every spell but requires 12 ranks in Spellcraft and therefore level 9, or the metamagic specialist alternate class feature (Player's Handbook II, page 61), which can be taken at level 1 but can only be. Normal metamagic rods can be used with spells of 6th level or lower. That kind of stuff doesn't really "take off" until mid levels anyway. 2. Ride. This ability counts as Rapid Metamagic for purposes of meeting prerequisites. Any items created using a metamagic reducing or alternate cost ability can only be used by a character with that same metamagic reducing or alternate cost ability. 9th level spells and lots of illusion-action, but he still plays music every round. Metamagic feats boost the duration or power of spells, with the tradeoff being they use a higher-level spell slot to do it. Feat Category – Metamagic. That said, the proliferation of Meta-X feats in 3. Still and silent spell both get mentions, generally you only want to get one or the other not both. Yourfirespells sear the fl esh from your enemies' bones, leaving. MightyK wrote: Well not being able to use spellcombat is bad, but it is not that bad. As a swift action, you can expend one use of mythic power to gain the ability to. 5 / PF] Best Metamagic Feats for my character. Rapid Metamagic allows you to apply metamagic to spells cast spontaneously without an increase in casting time. Any other metamagic feat, Caster Level 3rd, Constitution 13+. Consider Wu Jen (Bonus MM feat at 1st), and a Spell Secret, Elemental Mastery. It's also true of the Practical Metamagic feat. A spell can be made rapid and quickened only if its original casting time was 1 full round. Yourfirespells sear the fl esh from your enemies' bones, leaving. A character doesn’t need the metamagic feat to activate an item storing a metamagic version of a spell. Originally Posted by Gnaeus. A Battle Mage can obtain a familiar. Rapid Metaspecialist. It's my personal opinion that Bouncing and Persistent are fairly easily the best metamagic feats. The second spell doesn't count as being affected by a metamagic feat for the. /level. A lot of non-core classes say they cast "like a bard" or "like a sorcerer" so they may inherit. Extend Spell and Chain Spell (Lessers are handy) for buffing and such. I'm a very long time lurker here, but this is my first time posting. Benefit: Choose a metamagic feat you know. 5 dragonblooded Sorc, need help with Draconic feats. It is perhaps the best example of the Sorcerer’s philosophy on spellcasting: a few good tools, adapted as necessary to suit any situation. Definitely worth the money, and it's nice having an item slot maxed, so you won't need to worry about rebuying later. A chronocharm of the uncaring archmage will let you cast a single 3rd or lower level spell with full round cast time as a standard action once per. When you take this feat, choose a metamagic feat that you have. 5] Single-Class Sorcerer Feats. You make one of your spells last all day. You must still use an action to cast the spell (following the normal rules for casting time), but using the Lyric Spell feat counts as part of the spellcasting action. A widened spell uses up a spell slot three levels higher than the spell’s actual level. The Rapid Metamagic feat says: Benefit: When you apply a metamagic feat to a spontaneously cast spell, the spell takes only its normal casting time. ENLARGE SPELL [METAMAGIC] Benefit: You can alter a spell with a range of close, medium, or long to increase its range by 100%. Use a feat on Obtain Familiar and all is hunky dory again. You won't be able to take full advantage of this until level 19, but it could be useful. ago. Metamagic Feat: The shadow adept can choose any one metamagic feat. Seeking Spell If you make an. The spell slot you must use to cast a metamagic spell is one level lower than normal (to a minimum of one level higher than normal). The great Sculpt, Invisible, Split Ray, and I'm sure plenty of others all require one metamagic feat. This feat applies only to that metamagic feat. Cover does little to reduce the effectiveness of your spells. Rapid Metamagic – Probably better than swapping your familiar to be able to use metamagic, because its unlimited times per day, but you can’t do it until 9th level. Artifices, incantatrixes, other casters using metamagic wand grip, and the metamagic infusion can also apply metamagic feats to non-epic staffs in such a way that their effect slot value would exceed 9. Somatic Weaponry: Same as eschew materials, but better depending on point of view. The answer massively depends on what kind of sorcerer you want to run. No, there are separate Meta-Spell-like Ability feats, like Quicken Spell-like Ability and Empower Spell-like Ability. ) With that in mind, Thunderhead. Familiars are amazing for this sort of build: They share spells like Hunter's Eye (CL/3 sneak attack!), Ocular Spells (extra spells, extra actions!), and Cloud of Knives. A long time ago I started a thread about this: [3. Wizards get bonus feats (an ability I am in. Sonic or electricity spells deal both types of damage. 142) allows you to expend Bardic Music uses in place of increasing the level of the spell when applying metamagic. ago. Rapid Metamagic is not reducing the spell's casting time, it is preventing an increase in casting time, making Arcane Spellsurge's line about not stacking with effects that reduce casting time not apply. 2017-07-09, 12:12 AM. More spells per round is always a good thing, especially if you find some of the really well scaling low level spells. The ring of transcendent spells is similar to a metamagic rod as there is a metamagic feat called Ascendant spell. In the metamagic feats for the spell like abilities, is clearly stated they are valid for spell like abilities. You can use this feat once per day at 8th level and one additional time per day for every 3 CLs you possess beyond. Cover does little to reduce the effectiveness of your spells. Last edited by Ruethgar; 2018-12-17 at 03:00 PM. Prerequisite. One of your metamagic feats is easier to use. Metamagic Feats; Feat Descriptions; General Feats. Certainly, I have little doubt that the "something for nothing" deals that approaches that allow you to get metamagic for free (or as good as) are unbalanced (e. 5 game? I always thought of it as a "soft nerf" for prep casters and a bit of a harder nerf for spontaneous casters -- not enough to cause the loss of a tier, but certainly enough to discourage shenannigans. Metamagic Rods. and widen spell is on there. Persistent spell (probably the most abused in. However, the following feats are added to the list of bonus feats available to her at those levels: Alertness, Blind-Fight, Improved Initiative, Lightning Reflexes, and Skill Focus (Spot, Listen, or Sense Motive. The closest 3. One of your metamagic feats is easier to use. Extra Spell Known might be used to increase your versatility. And don't get me started on Power Word Pain! :) VedicCold :. Note that metamagic feats aren't very. Quicken metamagic items help, like metamagic rods. When preparing or casting a spell modified by that feat, lower the spell-slot cost by one. Apr 5, 2011, 06:25 am. A quickened spell uses up a. Benefit. But, since Sudden Maximize works better for most spells, it is still better than Sudden Empower. An old silver dragon using a maximized paralysis gas breath weapon (duration 1d6+8 rounds) paralyzes creatures for 14 rounds if they fail their saving throws. Thus if you were to prepare an empowered maximized magic missile. The Original formula: X = Metamagic feat's spell level modifier (+0 is calculated as 1/2) Y = Maximum level of spell affected by the rod. However, this has far stricter requirements than Easy Metamagic, including requiring dragonblood and spontaneous casting. Complete Mage: Retributive Spell: You can keep a spell in reserve to use when. ago. If the spell’s normal casting time is 1 standard. For example, if you select Practical Metamagic (Empower Spell), you can apply the. Re: [3. What other 3. A creator can create an item at a lower. The modifications made by these feats only apply to spells cast directly by the feat user. metamagic rods do not change the spell-slot or effective spell. Depending on what level you start at, and if your DM allows retraining of any sort, you'll want to either take the Metamagic Specialist alternative class feature (PHBII) at level 1 or take the Rapid Metamagic feat (Complete. The Arcane Preparation feat from Complete Arcane does the trick and is available from level 1, but you have to prepare the spell with metamagic at the start of the day, losing. Spellcraft 30 ranks, Four. We are allowed two flaws; that means we get 3 feats at level 1. Metamagic Rods: Metamagic rods hold the essence of a metamagic feat but do not change the spell slot of the altered spell. Once or twice per day max, as the number of spell levels you can use is sharply limited by your MotAO level. It's two metamagics, not just one. I don't think it does require Rapid Metamagic for a spirit shaman. As a secondary benefit, you gain a +1 competence bonus to your caster level when casting water spells. Any metamagic feat, Benefit . you can use a rod in combination with metamagic feats you know on a spell. You can create weapons, armor and possibly siege equipment for your undead minions. Jun 15, 2004. TL;DR: Metamagic requires that your next action be Cast a Spell, but to activate a Scroll you must use an Activate an Item activity that subordinates a Cast a Spell activity. Thus, when a new incantatrix level is gained, the character gains new spells per day as if she had also gained a level in a spellcasting. You must spend one turn or. Note that the additional ray, also due to the rules of Split Ray, must be fired simultaneously with one of the other two normal rays. The second spell doesn't count as being affected by a metamagic feat for the. You take non-damage spells like sleep and glitterdust as per normal, and if you meet foes where such spells are useless, simply convert them to damage. She agains further ways to apply metamagic or reduce the cost of metamagic as she progresses in. In all ways, a metamagic spell operates at its original spell level even though it is prepared and cast as a higher-level spell. This does not alter the level of the spell or its casting time. Okay, so my DM and I are having a dispute about the Artificer Infusion Metamagic Item. 2. Mainly because I'd have to get it first, and then 3 levels later bond it with DMM. Casting a spell requires one use of your bardic music. Rapid Metamagic: You gain the Rapid Metamagic feat even if you don't meet the prerequisites. The wording isn't that you must use a different option, it's that "you can use only one Metamagic option", if you use the same Metamagic option twice that's still two options, it just happens that they're the same. Metamagic feats boost the duration or power of spells, with the tradeoff being they use a higher-level spell slot to do it. Lingering Metamagic: If you cast a spell affected by one or more metamagic feats, and then cast the same spell in the next round, you can apply any one of the metamagic effects from the first casting to the second casting, but without any change to the spell's level. Please feel free to help me add to this guide (I would like to limit this to official 3. Rerolls are rare in 3. This is because Spellsword is actually a terrible PrC to pursue past one level because of lost caster levels, and Abjurant. 83) states: You can cause any ray spell to fire one additional ray beyond the number normally allowed. Draconic breath can be useful at lower lvs. + 5 ft. Metamagic School Focus You are unusually skilled at modifying the effects of a particular school of magic. Each use after 5 times spends 2 charges. Energy Substitution). Black Lore of Moil. Corpsecrafter feat chain, Leadership, Undead Leadership). Saving throw modifications are not changed unless stated otherwise in the feat description. Not an item, but if you don't want to lose a feat there is an ACF that lets sorcerers trade their familiar in order to apply metamagic rapidly int mod+3 times per day. Would be nicer if you could use it a bit more often. Feat Category – Metamagic. BATTLECASTER DEFENSE [TACTICAL] You have mastered techniques for taking full advantage of spells in melee while remaining unharmed. You can charge your damaging spells with celestial energy that. Benefit. Step 1) Have a schema of Metamagic Item. You can cast spells that arc to other targets in. A spell can be made rapid and quickened only if its original casting time was 1 full round. of course, especially if they would have had access to Rapid Metamagic. Adding in the metamagic feat doesn't give them new spells known or otherwise break the mechanic. it's pretty good, getting improved metamagic at 8 and bonus feats once in a while. A rapid spell with a casting time of 1 full round can be cast as a standard action. The familiar uses the basic statistics for a creature of its kind, as given in the Monster Manual. midnight metamagic: 1. Everything else about that feat is purely descriptive. Kind of like the Rapid Metamagic ACF from the 3. Re: 3. ; The three above feats. Requires 12 ranks in Spellcraft though. Normal: Spontaneous casters applying metamagic must either take a full-round action (if the spell normally requires a standard action or less) or add a full-round action to the casting time (if the. You have learned to marry the power of lightning and. From the DMG section on metamagic rods (pg 236): "A caster may only use one metamagic rod on any given spell, but it is permissible to combine a rod with metamagic feats possessed by the rod's wielder. - Scrolls of spells she'd like around for when needed but doesn't prepare (and divine scrolls if she has UMD, of course). Oct 31, 2006. Or you could take Empower Spell now, in. But, while metamagic can be very powerful, it can also be complicated and. I dealt like 384. Each spell to be affected requires the investment of a number of essentia equal to the normal spell level adjustment required by the metamagic. 2. The Metamagic Combo: Heighten Spell - To Increase the effective spell level of a spell by +1 or more, increasing slot requirement. Seeking Spell If you make an. (requires any metamagic feat) Metamagic School Focus [UNKNOWN=sup]: CM: Reduces. As for saving. Multi Spell : You must announce that you are using this ability before casting a spell. To do this I'm using Metamagic Song (RoS) to power a quickened spell and using Rapid Metamagic. 5] There's a Pathfinder Metamagic feats that allows a spells damage dice to be increased by 5. Let's assume his 9th level feat is Rapid Metamagic, and as a Beguiler he gets Silent Spell and Still Spell as class bonus feats. Clinging Shadow Strike) 2 Bard 1 3 Bard 2 Spell Focus (illusion) 4 Bard 3 5 Bard 4 6 Fighter 1 Shadow Blade, (Martial Stance: Island of Blades) 7 JPM 1 8 JPM 2 9 JPM 3. Likewise, the DM interprets Arcane Thesis as applying on a per-metamagic basis, so +0 metamagics remain +0, they don't become -1. Your study of the sinister knowledge and spellcasting techniques of. Some feats have prerequisites. May we get an official discussion thread linked to in this thread? Thankee! (Metamagic and You: A Thesis should use this link instead!)(Complete Mage 151 has the very spiffy Metamagic Storm wondrous location where, for 5000G, you gain a metamagic feat for 1 year. What would break the game is stacking metamagic with metamagic reducers. Aug 24, 2007. These builds typically involve the use of more than one Nightstick being used by. Benefit: Only spells with a casting time greater than 1 standard action can be made rapid. Therefore, such a character must also take more time to cast a metamagic spell (one enhanced by a metamagic feat) than he does to cast a regular spell. If you are referring to the cast time, any sorcerer delving into metamagic abuse is going to have Rapid Metamagic. Even a quicken spell metamagic rod. Feat Category – Metamagic. A sudden metamagic feat can only be applied to a spell "x" levels lower than the highest level spell the character could cast. - Circlet of Rapid Casting [Magic Item Compendium] - Int/Cha-boosters [DMG/Magic Item Compendium] - Metamagic Rods, e. You can charge your damaging spells with celestial energy that. You can cast a spell with a moment's thought. So a 7th level wizard could use Sudden Maximize on any 0 or 1st level spell, without using a. Gnome; or base attack bonus +4, Knowledge (dungeoneering) 2 ranks, and Tumble 9 ranks. The boost to DCs is great, and the extra spells is the icing on the cake. Spontaneous casters do not have casting time increased using metamagic, but they can only apply one at a time. This benefit even lets you quicken your sorcerer spells with the Quicken Spell feat. A character doesn t need the metamagic feat to activate an item storing a. Divine Metamagic (Persist) is the elephant in the room. Epic Rapid Spellcasting: Spellcasting : You can cast your spells faster, without metamagic feats. The diviner may not select a metamagic feat as a wizard bonus feat (that is, those feats gained at 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th level). Rapid Metamagic [Level 15] Quicken Spell [Level 18] Instead of Inspiring Courage, he burns through his bardic music to enhance his spellcasting. you can have as many summons up as you can cast, there is no limit except duration of spell altho for simplicity and game speed, only having a few up at a time is bestThe advantages of the metamagic feat are spelled out in the Benefits section of the feat, and the increased spell slot level is a disadvantage. For example, Extend Spell requires a +1 effective spell level, so you could cast it extended with divine metamagic at the cost of one turn attempt. You can never reduce the spell-slot cost below one level higher. $35kish. Elemental Metamagic: Whenever you cast a spell that has two or more elemental descriptors and you modify this spell with a metamagic feat, reduce the final spell level adjustment (after all metamagic has been applied) by one, to a minimum of +0. Tricky caster level requirements. 46) You possess an uncanny mastery of your magic, enabling you to modify spells on the fly much faster than others can. 5 is, I think, a mistake. As you are a sorcerer that will naturally extend your casting time, standard to whole round etc. Check monster manual 3. A spell can be made rapid and quickened only if its original casting time was 1 full round. $egingroup$ I'm not sure how quoting the text back to asker answers the question. A well built Warmage should be able to one shot nearly anything with overwhelming damage. Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Last. Prerequisite: Any other metamagic feat. Three times per day, you can reduce by one. Transmute Rock to Mud. Any variable characteristics (including attack rolls) or decisions you would make about the spell (including target and area), are applied to both spells, with affected creatures receiving all the. Jun 26, 2015, 09:38 am. Maximize Spell: All variable, numeric effects of the spell are increased to their maximum. Caster Level: 24th; Prerequisites: Craft Rod, Craft Epic Rod, Craft Magic Arms and Armor, clenched fist, passwall, telepathic bond, transmute rock to mud; Market Price: 447,745 gp; Cost to Create: 224,025 gp + 14,474 XP. g. And I'd rule no, the spell being Automatically Quickened must be memorised in a 1st level slot (or 3rd level slot, in the event of having taken Automatic Quicken Spell three times. Possibly a great use of a 5th or 8th slot. Cloud of Knives is extremely efficient in terms of damage per slot, and carries whatever attack/damage mods you get from buffs like haste, bardic music, etc. There's the Metamagic specialist ACF from PH2 which allows you to use metamagic without extending the casting time. With the right item creation feat, you can store a metamagic version of a spell in a scroll, potion, or wand. Not really all that cheesy. RAPID SPELL [METAMAGIC] You can cast spells with long casting times more quickly. This staff grants the ability to use following metamagic feats to the user 5 times per day each, as if the user had actual feats learned. Lesser rods can be used with spells of 3rd level or lower, while greater rods can be used with spells of 9th level or. For instance, you could cast a quickened spell as a spell of three levels higher than normal rather than four levels higher. Level: 1st. Fun fact, the SRD directly contradicts itself when defining the difference between a full-round action spell and 1 round casting time spells. Prerequisite: Any other metamagic feat. I have Rapid Metamagic so no problem there. Metamagic Versatility: If you cast spells affected by two different metamagic feats in 2 consecutive rounds, you gain a +1 bonus to the second spell’s save DC. Type: Metamagic Source: Dragon #325. Nothing wrong with a quickened Prayer. Per that same rule, metamagic cost reducers or Divine Metamagic lower the spell level and caster level of the rune for the purposes of calculating the rune's price. /level and long-range spells have a range of 800 ft. All the rods described here are use-activated. And I still have a bigger issue with Rapid Metamagic vs. 3. Benefit. )With that in mind, Thunderhead. Cover does little to reduce the effectiveness of your spells. Lesser and Greater Metamagic Rods. Choose a metamagic feat you know. Dragon Magazine is out, so I don't have access to Easy Metamagic. If the spell’s normal casting time is 1 standard action, casting a metamagic version is a full-round action for a sorcerer or bard. Persistent Cloud of Knives can do a ton of damage over the course of the day. #1.