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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AuraSeer" data-source="post: 1897138" data-attributes="member: 1331">As a metamagic feat, I think it would be balanced at +0 levels. My initial impression (like UltimaGabe's) was to make it worth +1, but it just doesn't seem to come into play very often. I can only think of a few cases where a pure caster would want to enter melee if he could avoid it. Being able to retry the touch attack roll is about the only benefit there-- and even that isn't great, because if you miss the first touch, you're even more likely to miss the second at a -5 penalty.Multiclass casters would use the feat more often, because they'll probably be in melee anyway. But they'll also have a higher BAB, which means they're a lot less likely to miss the touch attack in the first place.One of the PrCs in Complete Arcane has this ability, called "Hold Ray", but I haven't my book here to check the details.</blockquote>