Am I alone thinking this?
Im a sorcerer that quickly gains obscene amount of low level spell that are progressively obsolete.
Shouldn’t there be a Feat (metamagic or not)to make this seem less pointless ?
Like: burn 3 lvl 1 spellslots to maximise another lvl 1 spell.
Does this exists anywhere?
The sorcerer is a good class. The key is picking spells that stay useful longer than others and when you get a chance to change spells out, change out a spell you don't need anymore.
Thanks wraithstrike and Paul Zagieboylo. That pretty much answers my question. Maybe I could have a metamagic rod House-ruled.
yeah, sorcerers at higher levels should have a bunch of useful lv1 spells, or metamagic them up.
Examples: Toppling Magic Missile, Quickened Vanish, Heightened Grease, Enlarge Person (Extended or otherwise), Quickened True Strike (Though most of your attacks should be touch or save, so it's kinda irrelevant), Ray of Enfeeblement/Reaching Touch of Gracelessness (absolute worst case scenario at level, it's a -3 str penalty, best case is -11), Reaching Chill touch, etc
However, strictly lv1 spells that use lv1 spell slows...I guess Ray of Enfeeblement, Magic Missile, vanish, Grease, Enlarge Person, all are pretty solid choices
I guess I just dont see the utility of a metamagiked spell (if I can make up a word). If you have an old piece of bread and a new frosted cupcake, you don't spend cash on fancy jam to spuce up the old bread, you cut your losses trow the moldy bread and eat the cupcake ! And its worst for the metamagic version of the story: the moldy bread + fancy jam denies me the cupcake !
Granted it can make a spell usefull again but then just use the spell slot for a spell at that level ! Its a better spell. Might as well use it !
Metamagic should work the other way around. You have 7 slots of level 1? Use them ! Burn 5 to metamagic the lvl1 spell into a maximised version.
Who's with me ?
Hmmm. Sounds kind of cool actually...
... To use five of your seven 1st level slots to maximize a 1st level spell.
I see some potential here.
Ultradan
There are feats and classes to make more use of your low level spells. For example arcane blast or arcane shield might be an interesting use there. Heighten your spells to get good dcs and make them pass the globes of invulnerability, or heighten your light spell to third level to cancel darkness...
Spells like protection from evil or bull's strength always remain useful. Choose your spells wisely.
A lot of the low level spells are really cool, but suffer from bad dcs if you just go with them at high levels. Heighten, toppling and other feats help you there.
Also, spontaneous casters are THE classes to benefit from metamagic. Just take another hard look at them :-)
So long and thanks for all the fish !
I just went and had a long look at metamagic rods: I fell in love.
Quicken fireball for the cost of level 3 spell slot? Yes please !
Ok, ok, a minor rod of quicken is 35000gp but great investment.