Energy Substitution and The Sorceror

[Inconsequenti-AL]

I'd say go for Arcane Preparation. Find that feat works nicely for my sorceror... you lose a little flexibility in spell selection, but it's not like you'll ever notice.

 

[Thanee]

...and gain access to the quicken spell metamagic feat.

Ok, Quicken Spell is, of course, a pretty nice feat to have, if you can use it.

Partially on topic: How does it work out in general? Don't the spellcasters simply become quite a bit more powerful that way?

Bye
Thanee

 

[Gez]

Energy Substitution is a slot level +0 feat, right?

Then with my house-rules, a sorcerer could cast 4 acid balls per day without paying an extra cost... (Metamagic feat rank=slot level increase, each metamagic feat can be used suddenly for free a number of time equal to 4 minus rank. So Silent Spell gives three sudden silenced spells, while Empower only gives two sudden uses, and maximize only one.)

 

[iwatt]

It won't be unbalancing at all. The Archmage gets it for free and for any of the energy types. You get it for 1. I have a campaign where the House Rule is that Sorcerors don't get penalised for applying Metamagic feats. I even allow them to take Quicken. So far, I have 1 Sorceror and he is half Ranger and going for Arcane Archer. Go figure.

That's what I think (not unbalancing). But I want to cut down on my rule tweaking a bit, so I'll avoid HRing the metamagic feats. I do allow them to take quicken though as a special dispensation. It was that or removing it (made no sense that a wizard could while a sorceror could).