War Wizard of Cormyr questions [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Bakajinsama

02-27-08, 06:24 AM		I'm in a game where I've been playing a sorcerer who has taken the War Wizard of Cormyr prestige class (pp 40-41, Magic of Faerun). The book is from 3.0, and though I downloaded the errata, I noticed something still remained unaddressed.

At 5th level the prestige class grants an ability called Enhanced Spell Area which enhances the effects of the Widen Spell metamagic feat. In its' description the ability allows a War Wizard to enhance a spells area to a 100% increase in spell area (doubling the area) rather than 50%. In the switch to 3.5, though, the Widen Spell feat already enhances a spells area 100%. In this case, I've been assuming the basic idea is to double the effect of Widen Spell, in which case it would increase the spell's area 200% (tripling the area). The DM running the game prefers to have official input, and though I haven't brought it up (as I haven't reached 5th level in the class yet), I wanted to ask ahead of time, to get opinions and possibly official rules.

Similarly, I've a question concerning the prestige class's 3rd level ability, Widen Spell, implies that it is used as per Widen Spell, but doesn't specifically say that the War Wizard is able to apply the metamagic feat without altering a spell level. Rather, it says it alters the spell's area as per the metamagic feat, but also seems to imply that it's a separate ability. If this is the case, could one:
(a) apply both this ability and the actual metamagic feat to the same spell, thus (by overlapping, as is the rule in 3.5), add 300% to a spell's area?
(b) alter this ability's effect via Enhanced Spell Area, thus allowing a War Wizard to add 200% to a spell's area without altering it's level?
(c) Least likely, apply both effects, thus allowing a War Wizard to add 200% twice to a spell's area (once for the enhanced Widen Spell class feature, once for the enhanced Widen Spell metamagic feat), thus multiplying a spell's area by 5?
As for my own interpretation, I've been assuming the first option, just from general intuition and understanding of the nature of the prestige class. Any opinions and ideas are welcome, however, and I thank anyone for their attempt to clarify this situation.