Best uses of Widen Spell

[Ravingdork]

What are the best uses for the Widen Spell metamagic feat that you know of (or can think of)?

[Burn56]

I'd think things like Archon's Aura on a Familiar empowered by Widen Spell would be pretty good, 40ft of the aura?
Other situational good ones:
Consecrate (40ft)
Daylight (120ft)
Darkness (40ft)

Personal question, your name rings a bell from the Star Wars RPG forums for some reason, are you one and the same?

[tonyz]

Prayer for an army-sized battle. Big big aura spread.

Hallow,to cover a whole castle.

[MC Templar]

Heavens Oracle with Color Spray?

[Ravingdork]

Yes, I spent some years on the Star Wars Saga forums. I created a popular FAQ compilation thread there and also worked on a few other community projects (such as the ever useful database spreadsheets).

[Majuba]

Powerful effects for widen are not too hard to find, but it's tough to find useful lower-level ones.

Entangle
Glitterdust?
Magic Circle vs. Evil (20' radius, still lower than Holy Aura)
Fear
Hallow or Cloudkill
Anti-magic Field
Holy Word or Delayed Blast Fireball (enemies may position themselves out 25' thinking their safe)
Earthquake
Meteor Swarm (4 x 80'radius blasts - bigger than a flipmat)

[mplindustries]

I think the problem here is that Widen Spell is useful, but costs way too many spell levels than it's worth.