Could someone assist me on how this would work. Let's say I have magical lineage (Slow), Piercing spell, Heighten Spell, Quicken spell. I have Spell Perfection (Slow). If I'm level 15 and I cast a Quickened, Piercing and Heightened (to level 8) Slow, would that work? The Quickening would be Spell Perfected thus not affecting the CL at all? Is that right? So essentially the Slow would cost me a level 8 spell slot? Sorry if this is difficult to read. Thanks for your help!
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Alright going to do this step by step
Slow Lv3
Quicken +4
Piercing +1
Magical lineage -1
Spell Perfection -largest(4)
Final Slot lv3
Technically you can apply lineage to quicken first making it a lv4 spell but there is no benefit
Heightened spell is the odd duck of the metamagic family. Due to the wording it cannot be reduced by cost metamagic modifiers by RAW. It doesn't "change" the level of the spell, it just allows you to prepare the spell at a higher level and reap the benefits of that. Heighten spell means you can cast it with a higher level slot to gain the benefits of it being a higher level spell(namely save dc but there are a few other instances where it matters). Keep in mind though that if you apply quicken spell with spell perfection this caps at a +2 level increase due to spell perfections lv9 limit
Please let me know if you need anything clarified
Ohh so if I had Persistent spell for example it would add another +2 putting me at +2 total and I am allowed an additional +7 (+9 total)?
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You can add persistent for another +2 but that would put you at your level 9 cap. Spell perfection limits the highest you can get up to a 9 TOTAL level. IE you can only add a +6 net value in additions to a lv3 spell. The largest addition is then marked off(typically quicken at +4) and whatever remains is the spell slot spent. Magical lineage actually pushes this up by 1 level by lowering the cost before being considered
Ex with your setup
Persistent + Quicken + Piercing Slow- 9 levels total. 5th level slot used. Cannot be heightened
Persistent + Piercing slow- 5 levels total. 3rd level slot. Can be heightened up to 4 levels
Quicken + Piercing slow- 7 levels total. 3rd level slot. Can be heightened up to 2 levels
Quicken + Persistent slow- 8 levels total. 4th level slot. Can be heightened 1 level
Persistent Slow- 4 levels total. 3rd level slot. Can be heightened up to 5 levels
Quickened Slow- 6 levels total. 3rd level slot. Can be heightened up to 3 levels
Piercing slow- 3 levels total. 3rd level slot. Can be heightened up to 6 levels
Of course you can fill in the heighten levels with other metamagic but it makes for a good example due to its flexibility
Thanks a lot appreciate your detailed answer!