Empowering heal?

[lukelightning]

Is it possible to empower heal or protection from elements or other spells that are "x points/level" etc.? After all, the 10 hitpoints/level from heal is a "variable numeric effect." It's not a "random" effect, but it is variable.

 

[frankthedm]

Is it possible to empower heal or protection from elements or other spells that are "x points/level" etc.? After all, the 10 hitpoints/level from heal is a "variable numeric effect." It's not a "random" effect, but it is variable.

Not one drop of wiggle room for heal. Even with all the word wrangling one can muster, Empower won't affect Heal.

Empower Spell [Metamagic]
Benefit
All variable, numeric effects of an empowered spell are increased by one-half.

Saving throws and opposed rolls are not affected, nor are spells without random variables. An empowered spell uses up a spell slot two levels higher than the spell’s actual level.

 

[lukelightning]

I could swear my PHB didn't have the phrase about the random variable. Or (more likely) I had a brain fart.