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<blockquote data-quote="Catalyst" data-source="post: 317580" data-attributes="member: 6246">To the poster who felt the stacking probably wasn't intended in the core rules, I have to disagree with you as it has since been clarified as legal in the DnD FAQ on the WotC website. They were asked the question by worried DMs everywhere, and said &quot;Yes, you can stack the effects.&quot;I've heard one house rule that seems logical, that Improved Metamagic reduces each type of feat once. So a single Empower would be a +1 increase, but each Empower after that would be +2. But, you could mix feats (Empower +1, Maximize +2, etc.), you just can't stack and gain the bonus for the same feat over and over.I do disagree with apsuman, who says:&nbsp;(emphasis mine)So far so good...This completely disagrees with what you just posted above. Magic Missiles do 1d4+1. The 1d4 is a variable, numeric effect. The +1 is a determined numeric effect. I see what you're saying with the literal interpretation, but the feat as written does not do this. As you say, it's &quot;+1 per level&quot;. That's not a variable effect. Honestly I'm not sure how I'd rule it, by the feat's wording or the interpretation that it's supposed to do &quot;half again&quot; whatever the spell does, regardless of whether the entire effect is variable or only part.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Catalyst, post: 317580, member: 6246"] To the poster who felt the stacking probably wasn't intended in the core rules, I have to disagree with you as it has since been clarified as legal in the DnD FAQ on the WotC website. They were asked the question by worried DMs everywhere, and said "Yes, you can stack the effects." I've heard one house rule that seems logical, that Improved Metamagic reduces each type of feat once. So a single Empower would be a +1 increase, but each Empower after that would be +2. But, you could mix feats (Empower +1, Maximize +2, etc.), you just can't stack and gain the bonus for the [I]same[/I] feat over and over. I do disagree with apsuman, who says: (emphasis mine) So far so good... This completely disagrees with what you just posted above. Magic Missiles do 1d4+1. The 1d4 is a variable, numeric effect. The +1 is a determined numeric effect. I see what you're saying with the literal interpretation, but the feat as written does not do this. As you say, it's "+1 per level". That's not a variable effect. Honestly I'm not sure how I'd rule it, by the feat's wording or the interpretation that it's supposed to do "half again" whatever the spell does, regardless of whether the entire effect is variable or only part. [/QUOTE]

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