Allegro said:Can a lesser metamagic rod effect a prepared empowered fireball? The fireball is still treated as a third level spell for DC but it is in a 5th level slot.
From my readings in previous discussions:Allegro said:Can a lesser metamagic rod affect a prepared empowered fireball?
mvincent said:By RAI: likely no
moritheil said:How do you figure?
It's still got the vulnerabilities of a 3rd-level spell (i.e. subject to globe of invulnerability, lower save DC), so why shouldn't it also get the benefits?
Because magic items usually treat metamagic'ed spells at the higher level for things like pricing and such. It doesn't appear that metamagic rods were intended to be used on spells significantly more powerful than their rating.moritheil said:How do you figure?