Metamagic for Diviners

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

What metamagic feats best suit a Diviner and divination spells?

I can think of Extend Spell, of course, Quicken Spell might be good to combine with true strike, and Still/Silent Spell might help with things like detect thoughts, but I'd like something more, including other good ideas for metamagics that will result in spells that turn lower-level divination spells into the equivalent of 5th-, 7th-, and 9th-level spells, since the list of divination spells at those levels are either a bit too situational and/or expensive to keep prepared under all circumstances, too few in number, or both.

[Create Mr. Pitt]

I like empowered scrying myself. It makes my scrying super potent.

Actually the only one that really comes to mind would be persistent scrying in very, very specific circumstances. Persistent might be the most useful, but I suspect metamagic would be more useful for your other spells.

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

Create Mr. Pitt wrote:

I like empowered scrying myself. It makes my scrying super potent.

How would Empower Spell impact scrying? All its numerical effects are either static or a percentile chance, and none of the spells you can cast through it benefit either.

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

*BUMP*

[andreww]

Persistent is probably your best bet for any divination spell which allows a save like detect thoughts or scrying. Otherwise maybe extend.

[Sandbox]

persistent/heightened scrying for when you gotta know?

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

Anything else?

[Imbicatus]

Quickened True Strike is always good.

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

How about things that I could put in the 7th- and 9th-level slots?

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

Anyone else?

[Jesuncolo]

Extended spell. Divinations has lots of buffs, and it still applies to a lot of spells from other schools.

[Majuba]

There's the Fortune Teller feat from Inner Sea World Guide that adds a focus to all of your divination spells (a crystal ball or a harrow deck, etc.) and raises the caster level or negates the need for material component.

[Create Mr. Pitt]

I'm Hiding In Your Closet wrote:

Create Mr. Pitt wrote:

I like empowered scrying myself. It makes my scrying super potent.

How would Empower Spell impact scrying? All its numerical effects are either static or a percentile chance, and none of the spells you can cast through it benefit either. [/QUOTE

I was joking. Metamagic, in general, is not really all that helpful in divination. Really persistent, quicken, and extend seem the most useful and would help all of your other spells.

[strayshift]

Silent and Still Spell may allow the discrete casting of some Divination magic I socially awkward situations.

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

Majuba wrote:

There's the Fortune Teller feat from Inner Sea World Guide that adds a focus to all of your divination spells (a crystal ball or a harrow deck, etc.) and raises the caster level or negates the need for material component.

Cool! Unfortunately, it's illegal in Pathfinder Society.