Scrolls and Metamagic

[phillipjp]

Having a brain fart today...

Can a Sorcerer apply metamagic to a spell he's casting from a scroll?

 

[Ziggy]

I'm pretty sure he can't, but I couldn't find the reference in the SRD.

But metamagic changes the level of the spell, and a spell from a scroll is always a fixed level.

.Ziggy

 

[phillipjp]

a spell from a scroll is always a fixed level

Ah, you're right. Thanks. (Told you it was a brain fart.)

 

[dcollins]

SRD quote from the "Feats" section:

Effects of Metamagic Feats on a Spell: In all ways, a metamagic spell operates at its original level even though it is prepared and cast as a higher-level spell. Saving throw modifications are not changed (unless stated otherwise in the feat description). The modifications made by these spells only apply to spells cast directly by the feat user. A spellcaster can’t use a metamagic feat to alter a spell being cast from a wand, scroll, or other device.