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It doesn't do anything. It only works on spells that go by damage dice per caster level such as fireball. Anything else per caster level such as missiles does not qualify. You basically get exactly what it says you get, but if a GM were to allow it to work on magic missiles it should not cause any problems.
It definitely would not be op if it did. I have to say the thread title really pulls me in. Catches my eye every time even after I've already seen what its about. But yeah I think empowered is officially what you need.
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[FSRD quoted] Intensified Spell (Metamagic)
Your spells can go beyond several normal limitations.
Benefit: An intensified spell increases the maximum number of damage dice by 5 levels. You must actually have sufficient caster levels to surpass the maximum in order to benefit from this feat. No other variables of the spell are affected, and spells that inflict damage that is not modified by caster level are not affected by this feat.
Level Increase: +1 (an intensified spell uses up a spell slot one level higher than the spell’s actual level.)
Just so we're all all the same page here.
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Yep.
It really just comes down to interpretation.
The "damage dice" of magic missile are not determined by Caster Level. The number of missiles IS.
Things like fireball and lightning bolt would be affected, because their damage dice are directly tied to Caster Level.
But imagine a spell named "fireballs". This spell conjures a tiny ball of fire that deals 1d6 damage. For every Caster Level beyond 1st, you may conjure one additional ball of fire, up to a maximum of five fireballs at 5th level.
Would Intensify Spell work for this made up spell? It just comes down to interpretation. Is the number of missiles in magic missile considered to be another "variable of the spell"? If it is, then Intensity Spell wouldn't work.
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... spells that inflict damage that is not modified by caster level are not affected by this feat.
This is the key bit. Magic missile doesn't deal damage that is modified by caster level. Each missile does 1d4+1 damage. Full stop. You happen to get more missiles as you level up (caster level increases) but you are not increasing the damage by caster level. You do not have a maximum damage dice based on caster level (no where does it say, like fireball, max 10d6 damage). Same thing with Scorching Ray, and similar spells. Your caster level caps a number of missiles, not damage dice.