Land Outcast
Explorer
Requires a Metamagic FeatOr Sudden Maximize.

Indeed (maybe I forgot to ask Mal... I built NIcolai with said variant), but the point was to get a feat I'd put to -hopefully- daily use, and Sudden Still wouldn't fit the bill.Isn't there a PHBII alternate sorcerer feature---loose familiar for no extra metamatic time or somesuch?
I'd take tough because of it being the only metamagic feat which it would make sense for me to actually have... and the only one which I could actually use [aside from Sudden Silent and Heighten... Heightened Ice Ray!].