Level Up (A5E) Reliable Spell Metamagic clarification

[zyrjello]

My group has been playing Level Up and our party has just reached level 3! That means my sorcerer gets Metamagic.

According to a5e.tools, one of my metamagic options is Reliable Spell:

Reliable Spell. When you roll a 4 or lower on a spell attack, you can spend 1 sorcery point to reroll the attack. You can use Reliable Spell even if you have already used a different Metamagic option during the casting of the spell.

This seems useless, as I will never roll a 4 or below on a spell attack. The minimum I can roll is 1, my minimum proficiency bonus is 2, and as a sorcerer I probably have at least +2 CHA. That's a 5 minimum roll for any spell attack.

Is this metamagic description wrong, is it useless, or have I misunderstood it?

 

[W'rkncacnter]

i believe it's referring to a natural roll, similar to halfling luck (so it's a 4 or lower on the die, not in total).

 

[Morrus]

I read it as the die roll not the modified roll. Like the halfling rolling a 1.

 

[zyrjello]

That interpretation makes sense. It seems like it wouldn't be particularly useful for my low-level sorcerer, then. I only have three sorcery points!