I reread Magical Lineage, and I could have sworn that you could update the spell it affects every couple of levels, but I am not seeing any mention of that. Was I imagining it? or is that rule written somewhere else?
Benefit: Pick one spell when you choose this trait. When you apply metamagic feats to this spell that add at least 1 level to the spell, treat its actual level as 1 lower for determining the spell’s final adjusted level.
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I reread Magical Lineage, and I could have sworn that you could update the spell it affects every couple of levels, but I am not seeing any mention of that. Was I imagining it? or is that rule written somewhere else?
Benefit: Pick one spell when you choose this trait. When you apply metamagic feats to this spell that add at least 1 level to the spell, treat its actual level as 1 lower for determining the spell’s final adjusted level.
While feats typically allow you to change the specific spell it is applied to, I don't think any traits have this flexibility: They just aren't supposed to be 'that good'...
Source
Ultimate Campaign pg. 57, Second Darkness Player's Guide pg. 13, Advanced Player's Guide pg. 1
One of your parents was a gifted spellcaster who not only used metamagic often, but also developed many magical items and perhaps even a new spell or two—and you have inherited a fragment of this greatness. Pick one spell when you choose this trait. When you apply metamagic feats to this spell that add at least 1 level to the spell, treat its actual level as 1 lower for determining the spell’s final adjusted level.versus: Source
Ultimate Magic pg. 156
Prerequisites: Int 13, Spell Focus.
Benefit: Select one spell of a school for which you have taken the Spell Focus feat. Treat your caster level as being two higher for all level-variable effects of the spell.
Every time you gain an even level in the spellcasting class you chose your spell from, you can choose a new spell to replace the spell selected with this feat, and that spell becomes your specialized spell.
Special: You can gain this feat multiple times. Its effects do not stack. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a different spell.
That's why you use Additional Traits for those shenanigans... I don't know if you can retrain traits.
Yeah, you're technically not allowed to retrain traits. But there's a loophole, if you take the Feat "Additional Traits" and then select Magical Lineage as one of your traits, you can then retrain the Feat and reselect Magical Lineage using a different spell.
Personally, I allow retraining of traits simply to avoid shenanigans like this.