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<blockquote data-quote="ruleslawyer" data-source="post: 150772" data-attributes="member: 1757">Cute. Have you considered actually playtesting the class, or obtaining input from someone who has?The fact that you answered eisgowen's questions incorrectly also disturbs me... Caliber and Veldrane are correct that the Improved Metamagic ability cannot reduce the effective level cost of a metamagic feat below +1. Metamagic feats that impose NO effective level cost, such as energy substitution and eschew materials, still may be applied at no cost.eisgowen: Really, the only somewhat unbalancing application of the Improved Metamagic ability is to use it to multiple-Empower spells. Empower (along with Extend) is one of the only really powerful metamagic feats to begin with (the others are useful, but not so powerful); at +1 level cost, the feat does become a bit sick. However, given that the incanatrix has to be 13th level (Wiz5/Inc8) to even use this ability, I wouldn't worry about it overmuch.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ruleslawyer, post: 150772, member: 1757"] Cute. Have you considered actually playtesting the class, or obtaining input from someone who has? The fact that you answered eisgowen's questions incorrectly also disturbs me... Caliber and Veldrane are correct that the Improved Metamagic ability cannot reduce the effective level cost of a metamagic feat below +1. Metamagic feats that impose NO effective level cost, such as energy substitution and eschew materials, still may be applied at no cost. eisgowen: Really, the only somewhat unbalancing application of the Improved Metamagic ability is to use it to multiple-Empower spells. Empower (along with Extend) is one of the only really powerful metamagic feats to begin with (the others are useful, but not so powerful); at +1 level cost, the feat does become a bit sick. However, given that the incanatrix has to be 13th level (Wiz5/Inc8) to even use this ability, I wouldn't worry about it overmuch. [/QUOTE]

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