Doubling Metamagic

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Hello,

I've seen a few people referring to doubly extending, or triply empowering spells. Seems kind of munchkin to me. Is there an entry in any of the rule books that states explicitly that you are able to do this, or is it an interpretation?

Thanks!

-B-

 

[gfunk]

This comes from the DND FAQ which is downloadable from the Wizards' website. In it, it is explictly stated that metamagic feats can stack.

 

[mikebr99]

The FAQ says explicitly that this can be done...


[edit] But you just wait... Anubis will be by shortly to tell us how it should be done.

 

[kreynolds]

I've seen a few people referring to doubly extending, or triply empowering spells.

No doubt. It always comes up in smackdown type threads.

Seems kind of munchkin to me.

Then don't do it and don't allow it.

Is there an entry in any of the rule books that states explicitly that you are able to do this

From the D&D FAQ...

Can you add a metamagic feat more than once to any particular spell? For example, double Maximize Spell, or
double Extend Spell?
You can apply most metamagic feats more than once. Just stack up the costs, and remember to apply the additional effects
to the basic spell. For example, if you extend a spell twice, you get 3 times the duration, not 4 times the duration. (Each extension adds 100% of the spell's base duration.)
There are a few metamagic feats that are constructed so as to make stacking worthless or pointless. You cannot, for example, get more than maximum damage out of a spell by maximizing the spell more than once. (If you want to send the spell's damage through the roof, use Empower Spell multiple times.) Heighten Spell already allows you set the spell's effective level anywhere you want (and can manage), so there's no point in applying the feat more than once.

or is it an interpretation?

It's a clarification of the original intent of the rules.

 

[dcollins]

Is there an entry in any of the rule books that states explicitly that you are able to do this, or is it an interpretation?

I'll point out that PH p. 78 does have a paragraph titled "Multiple Metamagic Feats on a Spell", but the examples are all combinations of different types.

 

[Ferret]

Can anyone tell me how you get 3 attacks at +20? Anyone?

 

[Crothian]

Can anyone tell me how you get 3 attacks at +20? Anyone?

Frenzyied beserker 10/Barbarian 10, when he frenzies has an extra attack at his highest BAB, then you can haste him giving him three attacks at +20BAB plus a lot of other potential bonuses.

 

[Zhure]

Half-Orc Barbarian 8/Tribal Protector 2/Frenzied Berserker 10 gets Wild Fighting (which is like Flurry of Blows) and the FB ability. That'd be three attacks at BAB 18... that's pretty close.

Greg