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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Numion" data-source="post: 276695" data-attributes="member: 124">Empowered lightning bolt isn't much better than a cone of cold, which is 5th level. Cone has a higher save and a larger area, but at some caster levels (9-14) has fewer damage dice than the bolt. (um, actually not fewer dice, but less damage anyway)IMC the most used MM feat is Empower. It can be applied multiple time on a single spell, if you didn't know. Double empowered Flame Strike is for example a 9th level spell, and causes 15d6 x 2 damage. Triple-empowered endurance gives (1d4 + 1) x 2.5 more constitution (avg. 8.75, about EPIC belt of strength). It's pretty good. Most of the time Maximize isn't as good as empower. In 1d4+1 variable spells (buffs, magic missile) the expected value is more for Empower than Maximize, even though the latter adds one more level.About other MM feats I really don't know, haven't tested many. Quicken is of course useful, for kick-starting the combat with two partial actions on a surprise round w / quickened haste. Or quickened divine favor and charge (cleric in my group likes this).</blockquote>