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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 1686124" data-attributes="member: 710">Why don´t you use a Cone of Cold, if you have a 5th level slot? The same DC, and potentially more damage (if you are above 10th level)? You have to prepare and cast it as a 5th level spell anyway, so where is the difference (And it`s even the same school as Fireball, so this shouldn`t be a problem for you if you can cast fireball)?Or, since you want to attack a rogue (and since you don`t want to hassle with the area of cone of cold) , maybe Dominate Person (hey, you didn`t take him out of the fight! He fights for you now) or Hold Monster might be a better choice? How about using a lower level spell and throw an Ice Storm (no (reflex) save at all, and since a high level rogue will take half level anyway, regardless of the saving throw DC, the damage would be the same as your heightened fireball.)The idea of a heightened sanctuary or Invisibility vs Undead sounds better, but these are two very specific spells, and even then you could probably solve your problem with spells of that level. I am not saying there are no situations in which it might useful, just there aren`t enough to waste a feat on it. (it`s a bit like toughness for a 10th level fighter - how often will you survive because you have 3 extra hp)Spell Saving Throw DCs do, by the way, increase at the same rate as good saving throws, if you only count the highest spell level available (this doesn`t apply for half or 3/4 quarters like Rangers or Bards). Good saves just have an intial +2 benefit - on the other hand, especially fortitude saves will increase at a lower rate, since constitution is usually not a primary stat (unlike dexterity and wisdom), but the casting attribute always is.Heighten spell doesn`t change this formula, since they only allow you to prepare at an higher level then the original spell, not a higher level than you can cast. Only Arcana Unearthed provides a good use of heightened spells - but there, they mean something very different. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Mustrum Ridcully</blockquote>

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