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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3235257" data-attributes="member: 1656">It says it grants the ability to use the feat.  When a wizard has the ability to use the Empower Spell feat, he does it while preparing.What's your point?  I give you an example of a melee touch attack made with a weapon; if you're not proficient with the weapon, you suffer a penalty.Let's say I have a scimitar with which I am not proficient, and the Deep Impact psionic feat.  When I resolve my attack with a melee weapon as a touch attack, do I take a -4 non-proficiency penalty?I disagree.  I think the note about provoking AoOs is specific - it applies when the caster is using the rod while casting a spell in a threatened area.  If the caster doesn't use the rod while casting a spell in a threatened area, the note is not incorrect, it's just not pertinent to him.  Just like the note about a light weapon is not incorrect, merely not pertinent, when someone isn't using a light weapon.I don't consider the light weapon note to be misleading or in error; it clearly states what applies if someone is using a light weapon.  Nor do I consider the casting note to be misleading or in error even under the preparation-time reading of metamagic rods; it states what applies if someone is casting a spell in a threatened area.  I note you don't argue that the rod can only be used to cast a spell if you are in a threatened area; why is it that the note tells us "The rod is always used at casting time!" but not "The rod is always used in a threatened area!"?-Hyp.</blockquote>

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