Does empower spell affect the number of rays/missiles cast in the description of the spell?
Example 1:
Scorching Ray + Empower Spell @ CL 12
4 rays each doing 6D6 or is it 3 rays each doing 6D6?
Example 2:
Scorching Ray + Empower Spell + Intensify Spell @ CL 16
6 Rays each doing 6D6 or is it 4 rays each doing 6D6?
Empower makes the rays each do 6d6.
Intensify doesn't have an effect on Scorching Ray.
3 rays is the max unless you play with old things like Split Ray.
Empower makes the rays each do 6d6.
Intensify doesn't have an effect on Scorching Ray.
3 rays is the max unless you play with old things like Split Ray.
Thanks!
Pretty sure you can't put more than one meta magic feat on a spell at a time.
Pretty sure you can't put more than one meta magic feat on a spell at a time.
Sure you can. Look at the text for maximize spell metamagic feat carefully. It already tells you what happens when you have a maximized, empowered spell (first, maximize the spell; then, add 1/2 the normal rolled result).
Yep, Intensify does nothing for spells that increase any aspect of a spell other than damage. It has no effect on the number of scorching rays or number of magic missiles for example.
Empowering Scorching Ray would have each ray deal 4d6 x 1.5 (average of 21), not 6d6. Maximizing Scorcing Ray would have each ray deal 24 damage. If you empowered and maximized it, each Scorching Ray would deal 24 + (4d6 x .5), which averages 31.
As you can see, it's probably not worth Maximizing at all.