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<blockquote data-quote="Herzog" data-source="post: 5452057" data-attributes="member: 25696"><p>Maybe you missed it, but Corrupt Spell is also a metamagic feat (which transforms half of the damage you do to unholy dmg, bypassing energy resistance), for a +1 in spell level (or, for an UM, a first lvl spell)</p><p> </p><p>I do see the benefit of doubling my action economy. However, I have seen from up close what it does to our Psion: he's burning PP like there's no tomorrow, and ends up taking a back-bench halfway through the adventuring day.</p><p> </p><p>After some carefull thinking, I found there were times I would have welcomed being able to cast a couple (or even one) short-duration buff spell (such as energy resistance/protection, shield, dracon scales) in the first round without having to choose between protection and attack (or flee). However, I still find the +4 spell lvl increase (or, for an UM, a fourth lvl spell) kind of expensive for that one action.</p><p> </p><p>I am considering taking UM levels after those 1-lvl dips into Escalation Mage and Nightmare Spinner, and have also settled on taking a Metamagic Feat for my 12th lvl (I hadn't taken any feat yet because I was expecting to have to invest a feat in a prestige class I'd take.)</p><p> </p><p>Since I am dismissing Quicken as too expensive, which MetaMagic feat would you recommend after that?</p><p>As I said, I'm leaning towards Empower (+2), but are there any other MetaMagic Feats out there you would recommend?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Herzog, post: 5452057, member: 25696"] Maybe you missed it, but Corrupt Spell is also a metamagic feat (which transforms half of the damage you do to unholy dmg, bypassing energy resistance), for a +1 in spell level (or, for an UM, a first lvl spell) I do see the benefit of doubling my action economy. However, I have seen from up close what it does to our Psion: he's burning PP like there's no tomorrow, and ends up taking a back-bench halfway through the adventuring day. After some carefull thinking, I found there were times I would have welcomed being able to cast a couple (or even one) short-duration buff spell (such as energy resistance/protection, shield, dracon scales) in the first round without having to choose between protection and attack (or flee). However, I still find the +4 spell lvl increase (or, for an UM, a fourth lvl spell) kind of expensive for that one action. I am considering taking UM levels after those 1-lvl dips into Escalation Mage and Nightmare Spinner, and have also settled on taking a Metamagic Feat for my 12th lvl (I hadn't taken any feat yet because I was expecting to have to invest a feat in a prestige class I'd take.) Since I am dismissing Quicken as too expensive, which MetaMagic feat would you recommend after that? As I said, I'm leaning towards Empower (+2), but are there any other MetaMagic Feats out there you would recommend? [/QUOTE]
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