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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Old Gumphrey" data-source="post: 2943824" data-attributes="member: 12872">This metamagic feat, found in Libris Mortis, seems fairly well balanced and adds a fun new element to your favorite damage spells. For one spell level increase, you get to add a -4 penalty to Str for 1 minute to any living creature who is damaged by your spell. Even though it is an unnamed penalty you cannot stack this effect. There is no save against this effect. Against 1 target, this seems fairly reasonable. However, after the feat came into play, bad things started happening.Level 5 wizard throws 3 magic missiles. At 3 different targets. Dropping each of their Str scores by 4 for 1 minute. So what we have is a level 2 spell that's a lot like an automatic ray of enfeeblement with multiple targets and additional automatic damage. This led me to think of another application: Fireball. Many multiple potential targets that, even if they pass ref saves to halve the damage, still automatically take a -4 str hit. While Ray of Enfeeblement has clearly superior Str penalty, especially when empowered, this Fell Weaken has the very nasty ability to apply this effect to as many targets as can be damaged by the spell. My question is "Is this feat too strong, or is -4 str to as many targets as you can damage with 1 spell for what generally amounts to an entire combat balanced for 1 level?"</blockquote>