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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 1938204" data-attributes="member: 3424">If I can summarize the problem (and please correct me if I am wrong), StAlda has a house rule that lower level spells cannot be cast from or prepared in higher-level spell slots. StAlda's players have been using the metamagic system go get around this limitation, e.g. by using a 2nd-level slot to cast a still magic missile. StAlda does not like the idea that certain levels of spells (e.g. 2nd and 4th) can be used to cast offensive spells because historically, spells at these levels have generally been utility spells, and he is trying to maintain that flavor.In my view, changing the metamagic system only addresses the symptom, not the actual problem. A simpler and more direct way to do this is to impose a cap on the number of offensive spells that can be prepared (say, no more than half the spell slots in each level), or to have a rule that 2nd and 4th (or whatever) level spell slots cannot be used to prepare offensive spells.</blockquote>