Reach Spell and Dizzying Colors

[Lawrence Whalen]

Hi all,

This is my first post, and I have a question about the Reach Spell metamagic. According to the description, it extends the range of a spell by 30 feet.

However, Dizzying Colors has a cone range of only 15 feet. If you use the Reach Spell metamagic, it will extend the range to 45 feet. One issue I see is that it does not widen the effect of a spell. Cast straight on this is not a problem it remains just three squares wide. When facing a point of a square, the line goes out at 90-degree angles. Adding 30 feet to it automatically widens that space.

My question is, can you use Reach Spell with Dizzying Colors since it has a range? Thank you for your assistance.

[Darksol the Painbringer]

Reach Spell only affects the Range at which you can affect an enemy with a spell; that is, the Range entry of the spell. Dizzying Colors does not have a Range entry, therefore it does nothing to it. The listed value is for its Area, a whole different metric entirely. To adjust this value, that is what the Widen Spell feat is for.

[Lawrence Whalen]

Thank you for the quick reply. I think I misunderstood the area for range.

[Finoan]

Burst spells like Noise Blast are good to use to illustrate this with since they have both Range and Area.

Reach spell would let me cast Noise Blast farther away, and Widen Spell would make the size of the affected area larger.

Can't do both at the same time though because of the limits on Metamagic.