Elemental Spell + Vampiric Touch?

[Tandriniel]

I want to combine the metamagic effect Elemental Spell with Vampiric touch. I believe RAW I am good, but have I missed something?

Inserted Elemental Spell for reference:
Elemental Spell

You can manipulate the elemental nature of your spells.

Benefit: Choose one energy type: acid, cold, electricity, or fire. You may replace a spell’s normal damage with that energy type or split the spell’s damage, so that half is of that energy type and half is of its normal type.

Level Increase: +1 (an elemental spell uses up a spell slot one level higher than the spell’s actual level.)

Special: You can gain this feat multiple times. Each time you must choose a different energy type.

[cartmanbeck]

Hmm... This is an interesting one. Vampiric Touch never actually gives its damage type in the description, although I would assume it should be Negative energy. Yeah, looks like RAW it should be fine.

[Gjorbjond]

Why would you want to though? You're taking untyped damage that a target can't possibly resist and giving it a type that they might possibly have resistance to or be immune to.

[Highglander]

Fire vampiric touch on a white dragon ?

[Gjorbjond]

Highglander wrote:

Fire vampiric touch on a white dragon ?

If you're a wizard trying to cast vampiric touch on a dragon, something's already gone horribly wrong! :)

[Astral Wanderer]

Or the Dragon is a cub.

But back on topic, I wonder if the RAI were that you can make Elemental only a spell that already deals elemental damage of some kind. Or, in other words, that you can replace an existing element with another and nothing more (although, balance-wise, I think there's nothing wrong in the other version).
Also, I wonder what would happen to the damage of an Elemental Prismatic Wall and, given its nature, if it could be made elemental at all.

[Tandriniel]

To the why: quckened vampiric touch as part of my dragon disciples melee routine. If I add elemental equal to my dragon type, I give additional +1 pr die damage.

[Tandriniel]

Or holding the charge...

[Shfish]

Hmm using it to gain ~18% damage increase by upping the level by 1...not specifically horrible. With the right trait it could be at +0 and then it's power goes up...but without some serious cheese going in it will cap at 5d6 anyway and that isn't a great deal of damage.

[Tandriniel]

10 d6 according to d20pfsrd. It used to be 5, not sure why it changed, might be a typo...

How would you reduce the level increaset to 0?

[Grick]

Tandriniel wrote:

How would you reduce the level increaset to 0?

Probably with the Magical Lineage magic trait.

[Highglander]

There are traits that modifies metamagic spells, namely magical lineage and wayang spell hunter.
Vampiric touch is a great spell for tank arcane spellcasters with spell perfection. Good damage dealing and reliable self healing.

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If you're a wizard trying to cast vampiric touch on a dragon, something's already gone horribly wrong! :)

If I'm a touch spec tank sorcerer I can use the free additional x1.5 damage that convert into temporary HP.