Dryvnt |
Hey everyone.
I was wondering about how the Spells per Day works for spell levels which you don't know any spells for, in work with Metamagic.
Let's say I have a level 1 Sorcerer with 20 Charisma. From the 'Additional Spells per Day' table, I can see I get one spell per day of up to level 5. Does this mean I can take a few metamagic feats and use them to spend all my spells, even the higher level ones?
For example, could I take Heighten Spell as my level 1 feat, and then in combat cast both a level 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 Magic Missile, through the metamagic?
Esreyr |
Answer: No.
Those would be additional spell slots once you are able to cast a spell of that level.
Further: You do not need to use a metamagic to prepare a spell in a higher level slot. So you can prepare a Magic Missile in a level 5 spell slot. It functions identically to a Magic Missile in level 1 spell slot.
hogarth |
From the Abilities section:
Abilities and Spellcasters
The ability that governs bonus spells depends on what type of spellcaster your character is: Intelligence for wizards; Wisdom for clerics, druids, and rangers; and Charisma for bards, paladins, and sorcerers. In addition to having a high ability score, a spellcaster must be of a high enough class level to be able to cast spells of a given spell level. See the class descriptions in Classes for details.
(Emphasis mine.)
Esreyr |
Magic Missile is not usually a spell you'd heighten.
Lets change the example to "Burning Hands".
If you prepare this spell in a level 1 spell slot the Reflex DC = 10 (base) + 1 (spell level) + Spell_Casting_Stat_Mod.
If you prepare the same spell in a level 5 spell slot (not heightened) the Reflex save is: 10 (base) + 1 (spell level) + Spell_Casting_Stat_Mod. So no difference.
However if you prepare this spell Heightened to a level 5 spell slot (+4) then the Reflex save is: 10 (base) + 1 (spell level) + Spell_Casting_Stat_Mod + 4
So heightened means the spell is likely to do more damage. And as per the description of Heightened Magic feat... will also defeat a Lesser Globe of Invulnerability.
And as a sorcerer... casting any spell with a meta magic feat will take a full round action. But if you just cast a low level spell in a higher level slot it would only be a standard action.