Best meta-magic feats (with a house rule for instantly adding them)

[Thanee]

Because it is the prerequisite for Improved Grapple and not everyone wants to be a silly monk.

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Thanee

 

[Thanee]

If you are more of a caster and there is also a cleric in the party (otherwise Spontaneous Healer might be handy), maybe Empower Spell is good (empowered Flame Strikes are only 6th level for druids )?

Of course, some kind of Spell Focus might be a reasonable choice as well.

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Thanee

 

[Vraister]

I thought about Empower as well but Flame Strike and maybe Fire Storm are the only spells its useful for.
Substitute Energy is nice but I need another metamagic and 5 ranks in knowledge arcana. The knowledge is not a problem but I first need another metamagic feat.

My list so fare is:
Improved Initiative - I'm quit fragile and have a horrible AC
Empower Spell
Spell Focus Trans or Evoc
Improved Flight - to get a good maneuverability. I have access to the Dire Bat but she is large

I hate decisions!

Vraister

 

[Oscar carramiñana]

Hijack: What is the best metamagic feat for a 12 lvl druid in 3.0?
Is Quicken any good?

Vraister

Quicken are good but natural spell are the best for a druid IMHO

 

[sledged]

Because it is the prerequisite for Improved Grapple and not everyone wants to be a silly monk.

Are you sure that would be worth it? Especially considering a) a druid can wild shape into a creature that has improved grab, and b) you have burn two feats, and druids get so few of them.

Vraister, unfortunately, all the spell related feats I'd recommend have several prerequisites that take you a while to meet: Reactive Counterspell (Player's Guide to Faerûn), Innate Spell (PGtF again) combined with Supernatural Transformation (Savage Species). Maybe Heighten Spell would work for you. Natural Spell is an obvious choice. Perhaps Eschew Materials?

 

[UltimaGabe]

So, my DM made a house rule that any meta-magic feat can be applied to a spell you have memorized, it just bumps out a spell of the appropriate level. So, if I cast Magic Missile and added silence spell, I'd kick out a 2nd level spell.

Just so you know, that method has been tried before and it's always turned out broken. Any wizard would be willing to kick out a Fireball for a Maximized Meteor Swarm, or a Dimension Door for a Quickened Greater Teleport. You probably didn't make the rule, but I just wanted to point out that it's way too powerful of a House Rule.

 

[Destil]

Quicken can be good, but I don't think I'd learn any metamagic feats as a druid, there are way too many other useful ones out there.

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Thanee

Are you kidding?!?! It's all about the empowered / maximized flamestrikes. 16d6 damage at 11th level, and half of it isn't even subject to fire resistance? Sign me up!

 

[Impeesa]

Just so you know, that method has been tried before and it's always turned out broken. Any wizard would be willing to kick out a Fireball for a Maximized Meteor Swarm, or a Dimension Door for a Quickened Greater Teleport. You probably didn't make the rule, but I just wanted to point out that it's way too powerful of a House Rule.

I think you might be missing something here. From the example given, it seems to me like throwing down a Maximized Meteor Swarm would require the caster to burn a 12th level spell slot, not a 3rd.

--Impeesa--

 

[Faerl'Elghinn]

Improved Metamagic. You only have 14 levels to go...

 

[Thanee]

Are you kidding?!?! It's all about the empowered / maximized flamestrikes. 16d6 damage at 11th level, and half of it isn't even subject to fire resistance? Sign me up!

Well, if I wanted to play such a character, I'd play a wizard or sorcerer (or rather a kineticist, but I don't use psionics, so that is not a valid option for me).

But that doesn't mean empowered Flame Strikes aren't good, they certainly are.

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Thanee