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<blockquote data-quote="Dross" data-source="post: 5371435" data-attributes="member: 33802">Spell focus affects the DC (&quot;relevant feats to set the DC for saves&quot;).My take is if caster level is better than the staff: up the values for: saves, range, duration, # of dice of damage, spell penetration, fight against dispelling.Metamagic would not work on the staff: no Heighten, Widen, Energy Substitution, etcAs for the Archmage:Spell Power: I would allow to affect a staff. To me it is more &quot;Oomph&quot; rather than modification of the staff's magic. My justification is the&nbsp; &quot;purposes of determining level-dependent spell variables such as damage dice or range, and caster level checks only&quot; in the PrC description. I would not be upset if a DM said &quot;No&quot; though.I would also allow domain spells at +# caster level be affected (seems reasonable and consistent to me).Mastery of Shaping, Mastery of Elements, Arcane Reach: I'd say no. They are like the feats in that they modify the magic coming out of the staff.It's a fairly subtle distinction admittedly.My memory might be off but I recall a feat somewhere (probably third party but would not be surprised it being in the Complete books) allowing casters to use meta-magic feats to modify staffs and/or wands.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dross, post: 5371435, member: 33802"] Spell focus affects the DC ("relevant feats to set the DC for saves"). My take is if caster level is better than the staff: up the values for: saves, range, duration, # of dice of damage, spell penetration, fight against dispelling. Metamagic would not work on the staff: no Heighten, Widen, Energy Substitution, etc As for the Archmage: Spell Power: I would allow to affect a staff. To me it is more "Oomph" rather than modification of the staff's magic. My justification is the "purposes of determining level-dependent spell variables such as damage dice or range, and caster level checks only" in the PrC description. I would not be upset if a DM said "No" though. I would also allow domain spells at +# caster level be affected (seems reasonable and consistent to me). Mastery of Shaping, Mastery of Elements, Arcane Reach: I'd say no. They are like the feats in that they modify the magic coming out of the staff. It's a fairly subtle distinction admittedly. My memory might be off but I recall a feat somewhere (probably third party but would not be surprised it being in the Complete books) allowing casters to use meta-magic feats to modify staffs and/or wands. [/QUOTE]

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