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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pickin_grinnin" data-source="post: 7505409" data-attributes="member: 6697674">I don't usually play magic users, but in my current campaign I am an 8th level (almost 9th) regular Druid.  We're using D&D 3.5 (not Pathfinder).At some point our party is going to have to go up against some sort of very powerful dragon.I am allowed to borrow some magic items from a powerful wizard to help us accomplish this.  I don't get to keep them beyond this one mission.For reasons that are too convoluted to go into here (plot stuff), there is a big chance that I'm going to need to wildshape into something, buff it up, and fight the dragon head on (don't ask).I probably won't be able to get any new feats before we have to do this.So...I noticed that I can get 2 frozen time rounds out of Boots of Temporal Acceleration.Can I use metamagic rods on magic items like that, or will they only work with spells I cast?If so...I have been looking at metamagic items to figure out how I can best extend the number of rounds as high as possible, so I can do as many buffs on myself as possible.It looks like Extend, Empower, and Quicken would be the most useful forms of metamagic for this, but I also know that casting each of those will take a round if I do it through items (scrolls, wands, rods, etc.), unless it is something like an ioun stone, necklace, etc. that automatically does it.I'm not clear on whether I need to take the "Greater" version of those metamagic items, the spells are coming from magic boots.I'm still trying to figure out if there is a whole other set of magic items I could use to get a similar effect (lots of bonus castings in a single round).As I said above, this isn't something that is going to turn my character into some sort of permanent badass.  It's a one-shot thing against a single opponent.  I have to use borrowed magic items to accomplish it, though.ANY help would be greatly appreciated!</blockquote>

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