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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ruleslawyer" data-source="post: 1669978" data-attributes="member: 1757">Hi there!By the RAW, absolutely not.Range is a technical term with a clearly-defined meaning, and the range of DD is Long, not Touch. Thus, it is unaffected by Arcane Reach.The answer is that the FAQ section to which Pax refers does not apply here, since that, AFAICT, is about whether you use original spell level or effective level to determine whether AQS applies. The issue that you're bringing up is an order of operations: Do you apply Empower first (thus raising the spell's casting time to a full-round action) and then Quicken (which should bring the casting time down to a free action, although it's worth noting that a full-round action casting time is different from "1 full round" and thus it's unclear whether Quicken will work anyway), or do you apply Quicken first and then Empower, thus raising the casting time to a full-round action? I'd say it's unclear, and thus you should use whatever you consider the most balanced approach. Will it break the game if a sorcerer can empower a spell without a casting time increase, as long as he can quicken it too? At epic levels, probably not. Thus, I'd allow AQS to be used to quicken spells to which other metamagic feats have been applied, provided that the effective level of the spell is within the limit prescribed by AQS.</blockquote>