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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack Simth" data-source="post: 4390671" data-attributes="member: 29252">So, we take Burning Hands at 1st level, which does 1d4 at that point, and hold it in reserve to power a 1d6 5-foot radius Burst of fire that does... 1d6, from further away, but in a marginally smaller area (4 squares (8, if working in 3d) for Fiery Burst, and six or so for Burning Hands) at will, vs. Burning Hands once.  Umm... no.  Same goes for nearly all of the other direct-damage ones - at 1st level, the most direct-damage reserve feats are better than the spells available at that level.  Most of the non direct-damage effects are similiar, with a very small handful of exceptions.  Mind you, there is a method in Complete Mage by which a Sorcerer or Wizard can get one of the reserve feats at 1st level, provided the reserve feat only requires 2nd level spells - Precocious Apprentice grants a 2nd level spell slot and a 2nd level spell known to put it in.  Sure, casting isn't certain.... but the point is that you're not going to cast it.  So if you play a human (or take a flaw), then at 1st level you could potentially be using Fiery Burst or some such.</blockquote>