Arcane Thesis Abuse (PHB II)

Kurotowa said:

There's no such animal, AFAIK. Eschew Material isn't a metamagic feat, and I don't know of any actual metamagic feat that doesn't raise the spell's slot level.

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Mouseferatu said:

Eschew Materials is not a metamagic feat.

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But to answer the spirit of your question, I would not allow the ability to reduce a spell below its normal level. The ability is clearly intended to make metamagic feats cheaper, not to make the actual spell any easier to cast.

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Ditch said:

I"ve seen some things that reduced metamagic levels for spells (like Incantatrix PrC) but they all stated that it still had a minimum adjustment of +1 level.

Now, I don't have the PHB II yet so I just gotta ask... is there no minimum stated in the feat description?

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Benefit: Choose one arcane spell that you can cast to be your thesis spell. When casting that spell, you do so at +2 caster level. When you apply a metamagic feat other than Heighten Spell to that spell, the enhanced spell uses up a spell slot one level lower than normal. For example, an empowered thesis spell uses up a spell slot one level higher than the spell's actual slot (rather than the normal two levels higher).

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Benefit: Choose one energy type (acid, cold, electricity, or fire), You can then modify any spell with an energydescriptor to use the chosen type of energy instead. An energy substituted spell uses up a spell slot of the spell's normal level. The spell's descriptor changes the new energy type -- for example, fireball composed of cold energy is an evocation [cold] spell.

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Glyfair said:

Say you apply "[[Energy Substitution]]" to Fireball, does that mean it only takes up a 2nd level slot?

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