I'm making a tattooed Sorcerer, a blaster type, and had a question on one of it's abilities. The ability in question is:
Enhanced Varisian Tattoo (Su): At 9th level, the tattooed sorcerer can pick any one spell she knows for which she has a Varisian Tattoo feat. This spell must be one that lacks focus components and costly material components. She can now use that spell as a spell-like ability once per day. This spell-like ability is not enhanced by her Varisian Tattoo, but it functions at +2 caster levels above her sorcerer caster level. Whenever she gains a bloodline power at a later date, she may change this spell-like ability to another qualifying spell. This ability replaces the 9th-level bloodline power.
The question is, when I designate the spell I want for my spell-like ability, can I designate one with metamagic attached, as long as I could otherwise cast it? For instance, at 9th level, I could designate an Elemental (Acid) Fireball as my spell-like ability with the enhanced tattoo, or say, an Intensified Fireball? I don't see rules for or against this anywhere, but then again, this isn't a normally occurring situation.
Clarity would be much appreciated!
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Metamagic is used to enhance spells, but not spell-like abilities. Your spell-like ability for your enhanced tattoo gets the +2 caster levels, but can't be modified in other ways.
For my tattooed sorceress, I think of it as an emergency back up spell per day. She is an arcane caster, and at 12th level, I have it on dimension door, for the emergency get out of grapple free.
I'll post a link to the faq in a moment.
That's what I figured.
I was pretty certain you couldn't use metamagic on Spell-like abilities, but since you chose the spell in question for this ability I wasn't sure if you could pick a modified spell.
Thanks for your clarification!
I think the closest you can get to adding any metamagic to SLAs is taking the Empower Spell Like Ability or Quicken Spell Like Ability feats from the Bestiary -- if your DM allows it.
(There's nothing wrong with players taking them, but some DMs don't like it, and I want to say I've seen people say it's not allowed in PFS.)
Metamagic is used to enhance spells, but not spell-like abilities. Your spell-like ability for your enhanced tattoo gets the +2 caster levels, but can't be modified in other ways. . . .
It's probably a waste of a feat, but consider empower spell-like ability and quicken spell-like ability.
If it's a home game, see if they'll let you adjust the spell anyway. I understand what you're asking, and I don't really see the problem. A ninth level sorcerer is casting fourth level spells. If you pick a first level spell and add intensify and empower making it effectively fourth, that's should be up to you. It's similar to the old archmage ability in 3.5.
. . . The spell-like ability normally uses a spell slot of the spell’s level, although the archmage can choose to make a spell modified by a metamagic feat into a spell-like ability at the appropriate spell level. . . .
Edit: ZZTRaider, that's what I get for spending too much time looking at the srd...