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Introduction: I enjoy playing wizards. But I've historically avoided taking any metamagic feats that use higher level spells slots, because I feel I don't know how to effectively manage my spell slots when using metamagic feats.
Currently I'm playing a wizard in the Wrath of the Righteous AP. This seems like an AP in which it would be a good idea to take some metamagic feats like Extend Spell, Heighten Spell, or Intensified Spell. But I haven't figured out a good method for myself to track that I've already used a higher-level slot to prepare a spell. It also seems unlikely that I'll be able to acquire any metamagic rods during the AP, since opportunities to buy magic items will be rare.
I use Simply Spells spell cards to manage her spells. Just to add to the complexity of managing her spells, I've taken the Forest's Blessing arcane discovery, so my wizard can cast spells that are on both the druid and wizard lists with some bonuses, and because she's a wood elementalist she gets access to some druid spells that aren't normally on the wizard list. I'm already having to track which spells get bonuses from that arcane discovery. Her elemental specialization gains her an extra spell slot per level, but she can only prepare certain specific spells in those slots. I've been writing the bonuses from the arcane discovery on the cards, and using highlighter on them to indicate which ones are the spells gained from her elemental specialization. I suppose I could write additional notes or use sticky tags to indicate if a spell has been enhanced by a metamagic feat, and that would hopefully remind me not to prepare more spells than I have available slots for.
How do other players keep track of spell slots used when applying metamagic feats?
On paper, I just make a bunch of blank lines for each spell level in pen and fill in the prepared spell names with pencil, along with any metamagic feats applied upon preparation (e.g., magic missile (QI) for quickened intensified). If I had cards, I'd pull the cards for whichever spells I have prepared and sort them by name. Use the lists for quickly checking what's available and which metamagic feats are applied, and use the cards for quickly cross referencing the relevant spells.
If I wanted to know which versions of fireball I had memorized, maybe some of those light adhesive paper strips to each spell card--one for normal, and one for each other combination of metamagic feats I had prepared. So if I had fireball, intensified fireball, and still intensified fireball, I'd have three tabs on the spell card labeled "-", "I", and "St,I".
since you need to prepare each slot with a specific spell I don't see how keeping track of an empowered fireball would be different from keeping track of any other 5th level spell.
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With great power comes great accounting ability.
since you need to prepare each slot with a specific spell I don't see how keeping track of an empowered fireball would be different from keeping track of any other 5th level spell.Well, in theory, it would be always changing. Casters are already more of a pain to keep track of and this just adds another layer.
I don't understand, what are you saying? What is always changing?
The reason it is complicated is because OP is using cards instead of writing everything out.
My advice is just get some cue cards and write down metamagiced versions of the spells and put them in with the normal cards. Otherwise rethink your methods entirely.
The reason it is complicated is because OP is using cards instead of writing everything out.
My advice is just get some cue cards and write down metamagiced versions of the spells and put them in with the normal cards. Otherwise rethink your methods entirely.
Oh well then yeah, getting a metamagic is doubling the spells in your spellbook, so if you have a card per spell you'll need to double all the cards for the metamagic version.