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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2463521" data-attributes="member: 707">It's interesting how people can draw different conclusions from the same set of facts.&nbsp; I agree with you that ruling it as I do weakens Spell Immunity somewhat.&nbsp; But I do think the spell is still quite useful.&nbsp; Very few spellcasters ever take Heighten Spell, so Spell Immunity is a pretty safe bet for the most part.On the other hand, if you rule Spell Immunity to block anything, at any level, that is 4th-level somewhere, you unexceptably weaken Heighten Spell, IMO.&nbsp; The feat only does one thing: raise the spell level of a spell.&nbsp; This gives you +1 to the DC per spell level raised, and the &quot;considered higher level&quot; deal.&nbsp; That's it.&nbsp; No extra damage.&nbsp; No greater range or duration.&nbsp; No extra targets.&nbsp; Just +1 to the DC, (paid for by a higher-level slot that could be used to prep a more powerful spell that would also have the higher DC,) and &quot;considered higher level.&quot;There's little enough reason for anyone to take Heighten Spell, without neutering the &quot;considered higher level&quot; clause as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 2463521, member: 707"] It's interesting how people can draw different conclusions from the same set of facts. I agree with you that ruling it as I do weakens [i]Spell Immunity[/i] somewhat. But I do think the spell is still quite useful. Very few spellcasters ever take Heighten Spell, so [i]Spell Immunity[/i] is a pretty safe bet for the most part. On the other hand, if you rule [i]Spell Immunity[/i] to block anything, at any level, that is 4th-level [i]somewhere[/i], you unexceptably weaken [i]Heighten Spell[/i], IMO. The feat only does one thing: raise the spell level of a spell. This gives you +1 to the DC per spell level raised, and the "considered higher level" deal. That's it. No extra damage. No greater range or duration. No extra targets. Just +1 to the DC, (paid for by a higher-level slot that could be used to prep a [i]more powerful spell[/i] that would also have the higher DC,) and "considered higher level." There's little enough reason for anyone to take Heighten Spell, without neutering the "considered higher level" clause as well. [/QUOTE]

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