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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 1320768" data-attributes="member: 3051">Something I forgot to comment on a few days ago:Not quite.  The rules say something like "limit of one quickened spell, power, or spell-like ability per round", not "one spell as a Free Action per round".  In the existing rules, the only feats that quickened things were, obviously, Quicken Spell, Quicken Power, and Quicken Spell-Like Ability, which reduced them to a Free Action, but that doesn't HAVE to be the case.  If I add feats that reduce casting time to an MEA, it's still fine as long as I clarify that these are still "quickened spells".So, let's say I add:MINOR QUICKEN (Metamagic)A spell with casting time of "1 action" can be cast as a Move-Equivalent Action (this overrides the casting time increase of spontaneous casters).  This counts as a quickened spell, counting towards the usual limit of 1 per round.  This uses a spell slot 2 levels higher than the original spell.Someone with this could still cast two spells in a round, one as a Standard Action and one as a MEA, OR they could do a Partial Attack plus a spell.  But, they wouldn't be able to do the 3-spell thing you described.On the other hand, someone with the bigger Quicken feat would have more options:Partial Aattack + move + spell (or Charge + spell)Double move + spellSpell + move + spellFull Attack + spelland, the fully quickened spell wouldn't cause AoOs.  So, adding this Feat wouldn't suddenly make the bigger one obsolete, it'd just allow more people to cast two spells per round.</blockquote>

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