Questions tagged [metamagic]
For questions about abilities or effects that modify how magic works or is used.
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Phoenix Sorcerer bloodline healing and selective spell
A scorcerer with Phoenix bloodline states, they can turn a spell dealing fire damage at half effectiveness into healing. Assume the sorcerer casts fireball with the Selective Spell metamagic.
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Can you use 3 Metamagic options for 1 spell?
Basically, can you use Empowered Spell, Seeking Spell, and another option on the same casting of a spell like Chromatic Orb, since the first two state that you can use them even if another option has ...
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Can I choose the same target multiple times when casting Spellfire Flare using the Twinned Spell metamagic option?
The Twinned Spell metamagic option has been updated for the D&D5E 2024 rules, and its function has changed. The 2014 version only worked with "a spell that targets only one creature," ...
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Familiar Spell (Metamagic) and Sacred Geometry combo?
I want to store spells in my familiar more efficiently and I want to know if this would work:
Assuming I succeed at the math for Sacred Geometry and use the spell Magic Missile as a 10th level ...
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Does Reaper ability affect touch/self range cantrips?
The "Reaper" ability of the Death Domain Cleric says as follows (DMG):
When the cleric casts a necromancy cantrip that normally targets only one creature, the spell can instead target two ...
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If Metamagic is used on a spell, and then that spell is stopped by Counterspell, are the Sorcery Points lost as well?
Susie the Sorcerer looks to cast Fireball at the center of a melee combat, but uses the Careful Spell Metamagic to not affect her allies. An enemy Wizard casts Counterspell, Susie fails her ...
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Can a Sorcerer use the Empowered Spell Metamagic Option more than once on the same spell?
Related to the question How does Empowered Spell work with multiple damage rolls? and one of the answers, is it possible to use Empowered Spell multiple times on the same spell you're casting, as long ...
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How does rerolling work with Empowered Spell
I cast Chromatic Orb and roll 3d8 damage. Alas, I do not roll the same number twice, so the orb does not leap to another target, and I want to try to change that with the Empowered Spell Metamagic:
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How does Empowered Spell work with multiple damage rolls?
I cast Scorching Ray, which involves a sequence of three attacks with 2d6 damage rolls each. The second damage roll is low and I want to use the Empowered Spell Metamagic to boost it:
When you roll ...
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Am I able to apply Metamagic to any spell cast into the Ioun Stone of Reserve?
I have been debating with my DM concerning me casting into the Ioun Stone of Reserve with Metamagic applied to the spell. I have not been able to locate anything in regard to applying them to the ...
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Can a sorcerer use Twinned Spell to cast the Blindness spell at its base level and target a single creature?
From my current understanding, the rules specifically state that spell effects don't stack. However, a target caught in the area of two different spells is still required to make a save for both ...
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Can the cost of a spell modified by metamagic with the assistance of Improved Metamagic (Su) and Arcane Thesis be reduced to +0?
At 10th level, the Incantatrix (Player's Guide to Faerun, p. 61) gains the following class feature:
Improved Metamagic (Su): At 10th level, an incantatrix has mastered
metamagic to such an extent ...
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Can a Sorcerer use the Metamagic Options on spells cast from Magic Items?
Under the 2014 rules, it was accepted that you should follow the Casting a Spell rules (2014 PHB, p. 202) when using a Magic Item to cast a spell, as you're still casting the spell, even when it's ...
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Cherry Blossom Spell & Multi-Hit Spells
How does Cherry Blossom metamagic work with Multi-Hit spells, such as, but not exclusive to:
Magic Missile / Battering Blast
Scorching Ray,
Cluster Bomb Fireball.
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How good is Quicken Spell as a feat?
I wonder if Quickened Spell is overrated because I see people saying it is essential as a key component of high-level action economy.
But as it is actually a swift action (or a free action that can ...
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