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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1884496" data-attributes="member: 1656">Even without the Headband, an Int 11 Wiz-5 can cast an Empowered Magic Missile.He can't cast 3rd level spells, but Empowered Magic Missile isn't a 3rd level spell.&quot;The minimum Intelligence score needed to cast a wizard spell is 10 + the spell’s level.&quot;&quot;Spells modified by a metamagic feat use a spell slot higher than normal. This does not change the level of the spell.&quot;&quot;A spellcaster who lacks a high enough ability score to cast spells that would otherwise be his or her due still gets the slots but must fill them with spells of lower level.&quot;And from the 3E Main FAQ:Say an 11th-level wizard has an Intelligence of 15. Canthe wizard prepare a teleport spell (5th-level spell) enhancedwith the Silent Spell metamagic feat and thus use a 6th-levelspell slot that the character (thanks to low Intelligence)could not use to prepare a 6th-level spell?Using a metamagic feat makes the spell occupy a spell slotof higher level, but it does not actually change the spell’s level,except for Heighten Spell, which does increase the spell’s level.So long as the wizard in question has enough Intelligence tocast the spell at its actual level (15 for the 5th-level teleportspell) the character can cast the metamagic spell. Note that thecharacter doesn’t have to use metamagic to use the 6th-levelspell slot; the character can simply prepare any lower levelspell in the slot.-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 1884496, member: 1656"] Even without the Headband, an Int 11 Wiz-5 can cast an Empowered Magic Missile. He can't cast 3rd level spells, but Empowered Magic Missile isn't a 3rd level spell. "The minimum Intelligence score needed to cast a wizard spell is 10 + the spell’s level." "Spells modified by a metamagic feat use a spell slot higher than normal. This does not change the level of the spell." "A spellcaster who lacks a high enough ability score to cast spells that would otherwise be his or her due still gets the slots but must fill them with spells of lower level." And from the 3E Main FAQ: [b]Say an 11th-level wizard has an Intelligence of 15. Can the wizard prepare a teleport spell (5th-level spell) enhanced with the Silent Spell metamagic feat and thus use a 6th-level spell slot that the character (thanks to low Intelligence) could not use to prepare a 6th-level spell?[/b] [i]Using a metamagic feat makes the spell occupy a spell slot of higher level, but it does not actually change the spell’s level, except for Heighten Spell, which does increase the spell’s level. So long as the wizard in question has enough Intelligence to cast the spell at its actual level (15 for the 5th-level teleport spell) the character can cast the metamagic spell. Note that the character doesn’t have to use metamagic to use the 6th-level spell slot; the character can simply prepare any lower level spell in the slot.[/i] -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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