My PC has a Sorceress for a cohort and she just reached 12th level which means she gets to pick a 6th level spell.
I chose Greater Shadow Evocation. One of the guys I game with is of the opinion that since greater shadow evocation mimics evocations of up to 5th level that I could cast an empowered fireball with the spell. His reasoning is fireball is 3rd, and empower only adds 2 levels to the spell so the greater shadow evocation is still mimicking a 5th level spell.
Personally I don't think this would work. The spell description says you can mimic evocations of up to 5th level, it doesn't say anything about being to apply metamagics to the mimicked spell. I think that if you applied a metamgagic it would be applied to the "greater shadow evocation" not the the spell you were trying to emulate.
What do you all think?
I chose Greater Shadow Evocation. One of the guys I game with is of the opinion that since greater shadow evocation mimics evocations of up to 5th level that I could cast an empowered fireball with the spell. His reasoning is fireball is 3rd, and empower only adds 2 levels to the spell so the greater shadow evocation is still mimicking a 5th level spell.
Personally I don't think this would work. The spell description says you can mimic evocations of up to 5th level, it doesn't say anything about being to apply metamagics to the mimicked spell. I think that if you applied a metamgagic it would be applied to the "greater shadow evocation" not the the spell you were trying to emulate.
What do you all think?