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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Caliban" data-source="post: 1189372" data-attributes="member: 284">Unfortunately, Frank pretty much has it wrong here. In 3.0 or 3.5, it takes a full round to apply a metamagic feat to a spell.  Text from page 78 of the 3.0 PHB: "...The sorcerer or bard, therefore, must take more time to cast a metamagic spell...than a regular spell. If it's normal casting time is one action, casting a metamagic spell is a full-round action for a sorcerer or bard." That's how long it takes to cast the spell, regardless of the metamagic feat.  It's stated pretty clearly (they MUST take more time), but they should have had an example or statement about combining it with the Quicken feat to avoid confusion. And that is what they meant, as every game designers who was aked about it agreed on that interpretation, not just Skip Williams.  They clarified this in the Quicken feat itself in 3.5.  As for multiple metamagic feats by a sorcerer, go ahead. It still takes a full-round action to cast a metamagic spell, not matter how many metamagic feats you are applying. In 3.0 you can apply the same feat more than once, in 3.5 you can only apply each metamagic feat once.</blockquote>