Learning Metamagic Feats Question? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Learning Metamagic Feats Question? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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jasonbrisbane
04-10-07, 08:11 AM Helllo All,

I have tried looking through the FAQ's and forums, other boards, Google, SRD, etc but havent found an answer to my question.

When learning a Metamagic feat, do you have to learn it for a Specific Spell or do you simply learn the feat "cart-blanche"?
eg: Mialee wants to learn the Quicken Metamagic feat. does she learn the feat "Quicken Spell" or does she learn "Quicken Fireball"?

Now the Books say that during preparation time (for a Wizard), he needs to decide whick spell he is learning. So he can learn Fireball at base level OR he can learn the Quickened Fireball. Both valid spells...

Or is the Feat simply "Quicken" and during preparation he can quicken fireball, or Detect Magic, or Magic Missile, or any other spell that he has...

There are reasons and evidence for both sides in the PHB and SRD, so I'd like to know the "definitive" answer... (before I make a house rule!)
Thanks.
Torack
04-10-07, 08:38 AM It's carte blanche. Meaning that once the wizard has learned Quicken Spell, (s)he'll be able to quicken any spell he knows, at the cost of the spell level adjustment.
Naderion
04-10-07, 08:40 AM In theory, it should also be possible to create scrolls that use a metamagicaly modified version of the spell and scribe it that way into your spellbook as a new spell.
jasonbrisbane
04-10-07, 11:00 AM Thanks people!

Knew I could count on you all!
:)
Zherog
04-10-07, 11:28 AM There are reasons and evidence for both sides in the PHB and SRD, so I'd like to know the "definitive" answer... (before I make a house rule!)
Thanks.

What evidence possibly even suggests that it's taken for only one spell? :confused:
ClementWillowbreaker
04-10-07, 04:43 PM What evidence possibly even suggests that it's taken for only one spell? :confused:
The fact that you have to select one Spell-like Ability for a meta-SLA feat to apply to, which can confuse a new player. Of course, chances are a new player won't be able to find the meta-SLA feats. But anyways, it's a basic question that is obvious once you read the feat with confidence in your ability to find WotC weasel-words (or their lack, in the case of the basic metamagic feats).

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
jasonbrisbane 04-10-07, 08:11 AM	Helllo All, I have tried looking through the FAQ's and forums, other boards, Google, SRD, etc but havent found an answer to my question. When learning a Metamagic feat, do you have to learn it for a Specific Spell or do you simply learn the feat "cart-blanche"? eg: Mialee wants to learn the Quicken Metamagic feat. does she learn the feat "Quicken Spell" or does she learn "Quicken Fireball"? Now the Books say that during preparation time (for a Wizard), he needs to decide whick spell he is learning. So he can learn Fireball at base level OR he can learn the Quickened Fireball. Both valid spells... Or is the Feat simply "Quicken" and during preparation he can quicken fireball, or Detect Magic, or Magic Missile, or any other spell that he has... There are reasons and evidence for both sides in the PHB and SRD, so I'd like to know the "definitive" answer... (before I make a house rule!) Thanks.
Torack 04-10-07, 08:38 AM	It's carte blanche. Meaning that once the wizard has learned Quicken Spell, (s)he'll be able to quicken any spell he knows, at the cost of the spell level adjustment.
Naderion 04-10-07, 08:40 AM	In theory, it should also be possible to create scrolls that use a metamagicaly modified version of the spell and scribe it that way into your spellbook as a new spell.
jasonbrisbane 04-10-07, 11:00 AM	Thanks people! Knew I could count on you all! :)
Zherog 04-10-07, 11:28 AM	There are reasons and evidence for both sides in the PHB and SRD, so I'd like to know the "definitive" answer... (before I make a house rule!) Thanks. What evidence possibly even suggests that it's taken for only one spell? :confused:
ClementWillowbreaker 04-10-07, 04:43 PM	What evidence possibly even suggests that it's taken for only one spell? :confused: The fact that you have to select one Spell-like Ability for a meta-SLA feat to apply to, which can confuse a new player. Of course, chances are a new player won't be able to find the meta-SLA feats. But anyways, it's a basic question that is obvious once you read the feat with confidence in your ability to find WotC weasel-words (or their lack, in the case of the basic metamagic feats).