Questions tagged [metamagic]
For questions about abilities or effects that modify how magic works or is used.
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What does Empower Metamagic affect?
Feat says:
All variable, numeric effects of an empowered spell are increased by
half including bonuses to those dice rolls.
Saving throws and opposed rolls are not affected, nor are spells
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Does Extend Spell Metamagic affect duration specified in spell description?
Some spells have duration as secondary effect of the spell,
Some spells have both tagged duration and secondary duration within spell description.
My question is: does this kind of in-description-...
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How does the Heightened Spell metamagic work with long, multi-use spells like Eyebite or Telekinesis? [duplicate]
Heightened spell says that when you cast a spell which forces an enemy to roll a saving throw, they do that with disadvantage. What happens with "effect" spells like Telekinesis or Eyebite, ...
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Artificers and Wand DC Calculation
I'm exploring the capabilities granted by the Metamagic Spell Trigger feature at 7th level and the Metamagic Item Infusion (3rd Level). I'm seeking clarification regarding its interaction with the ...
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Twin the Divination Spell
Are you as a divine soul sorcerer able to Twinned Spell Divination, and get into contact with multiple gods, and ask twice the amount of questions?
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Can you use the Transmuted Spell option from the Metamagic Adept feat on spells with a duration?
For example: let's say that at 3rd level a Druid grabbed the Flame Blade spell and at 4th took the Metamagic Adept feat, choosing Transmuted Spell as one of their options.
The description of Flame ...
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When stacking Energy Substitution and Energy Admixture of the same energy type, can Mastery of Elements be used to maintain different energy types?
In Dungeons & Dragons 3.5e, using the Archmage prestige class from the Dungeon Master's Guide (DMG), I've chosen the Arcane Thesis feat to allow the use of metamagic feats with a +0 level ...
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Enlightened fist and split ray
In one of my recent games a friend brought an enlightened fist (Complete Arcane) to the table: while I'm glad he is showing to like it, I also think to understand where the build is pointing, and ...
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Spell Perfection and Magical Lineage
Spell Perfection - Pick one spell which you have the ability to
cast. Whenever you cast that spell you may apply any one metamagic
feat you have to that spell without affecting its level or casting
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If you cast a spell with Still and Silent metamagic, can you do so while wildshaped without natural spell?
Reading through natural spell it says "You can complete the verbal and somatic components of spells while in a wild shape." which seems to imply that the only reason you can't cast spells ...
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Is there a limit to how many metamagic feats can be put on a spell if you are using the spell point system?
In my current campaign I'm playing a Kobold sorcerer using the spell point system and I have recently gained a few metamagic feats and this question popped into my head.
When using spell points is ...
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What does Twinned Phantasmal Force actually do? [duplicate]
So what happens here? Clearly Twinned Phantasmal Force can be cast, but what does it do? Does it create one phantasm that both of them can see, or does it create two phantasms, one for each target? I ...
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Metamagic: Twinned spell aoe with one primary target? [duplicate]
Twinned spell states "When you cast a spell that targets only one creature."
Since some spells, such as ice shard, target one creature, but afterwards do damage to nearby creatures, can you ...
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Is there a modular magic system which allows players to compose their own spells [closed]
I would like some more player creativity in my magic, where the players can design their own spells. I was about to write my own system, but was wondering if there is anything out there.
We are ...
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Can metamagic be written into a scroll? [closed]
I know that if a Sorcerer casts a spell from a scroll, they can use metamagic on that spell.
But, can a Sorcerer who creates a spell scroll put magic into the scroll itself so that anyone who uses the ...
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