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<blockquote data-quote="Eraslin" data-source="post: 43947" data-attributes="member: 1153">My $0.02Seeing as the person has to give up one of his/her few feats to gain that one extra target and the little bit of range, I personally don't see a problem with it. The secondary targets have easier saves to boot, weakening the spells a little bit more.&nbsp;I've never actually used the feat, but I can see the uses -- if you want to use up 5th lvl spell slots to give your entire party bull's strength or cat's grace for a time.-EraslinHmm...Although, a chained fireball could be just nasty if the enemies are clustered close enough together (10d6 primary blast + n 5d6 secondary blasts; with n being a minimum of 11)... That primary target could be in for a whole world of pain if he/she isn't a monk, a rogue, or immune to fire...&nbsp;It would also be neat to use it with a summon monster spell... Summoning 12d3 (minimum) celestial eagles for a sixth lvl spell slot would be interesting to see. Or 18 large elementals for a 9th level slot.&nbsp;Okay, so the feat has a lot of potential... I'm still not convinced it's overpowered though.[EDIT: Okay, maybe being able to do 65d6 damage with a sixth level spell to a small area is a little bit extreme (assuming a whack of failed saving throws). Perhaps limit the spell to chaining non-area-of-effect spells...]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eraslin, post: 43947, member: 1153"] [b]My $0.02[/b] Seeing as the person has to give up one of his/her few feats to gain that one extra target and the little bit of range, I personally don't see a problem with it. The secondary targets have easier saves to boot, weakening the spells a little bit more. I've never actually used the feat, but I can see the uses -- if you want to use up 5th lvl spell slots to give your entire party bull's strength or cat's grace for a time. -Eraslin Hmm... Although, a chained fireball could be just nasty if the enemies are clustered close enough together (10d6 primary blast + n 5d6 secondary blasts; with n being a minimum of 11)... That primary target could be in for a whole world of pain if he/she isn't a monk, a rogue, or immune to fire... It would also be neat to use it with a summon monster spell... Summoning 12d3 (minimum) celestial eagles for a sixth lvl spell slot would be interesting to see. Or 18 large elementals for a 9th level slot. Okay, so the feat has a [u]lot[/u] of potential... I'm still not convinced it's overpowered though. [EDIT: Okay, maybe being able to do 65d6 damage with a sixth level spell to a small area is a little bit extreme (assuming a whack of failed saving throws). Perhaps limit the spell to chaining non-area-of-effect spells...] [/QUOTE]

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