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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sepulchrave II" data-source="post: 5288433" data-attributes="member: 4303">It depends on which resources in your game are emphasized, and how much attention you pay to tracking time. And how religiously you track XP. There's never going to be an easy economy between XP, gp and spell level or metamagic.I would look instead at each spell which currently demands an XP component (there aren't so many), and devise a suitable alternative penalty based on your own judgment. It's much easier than groping for a rule which will apply evenly across the board.If there's lots of down time in your game, then - as Celebrim said - losing a 2nd-level daily slot to power a limited wish is a good deal. At epic levels, the following economy is implied:1 level of metamagic = 200xp = 2d6 Backlash = 5000gpYou can also lengthen the casting time of the spell. Making a standard action  a full round spell might be worth 200xp. Lengthening it to a day might be worth 2000xp - depending on the spell itself.Now choose which elements of that economy you (not your players) want to apply to a particular spell; be judicious in your choices. I recommend if you use backlash, make it only recoverable by natural rest (not magical healing) - if time is a valuable resource in your campaign...e.g. look at Vision. The advantage that it has over legend lore is that it's fast to cast. Instead of costing 100XP let it be physically traumatic and do 1d6 points of damage which can only be recovered through natural rest.</blockquote>

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