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<blockquote data-quote="Lonely Tylenol" data-source="post: 1748656" data-attributes="member: 18549">Yeah, I'm really starting to wonder if a CustServ answer is a reasonable thing to base an argument on.&nbsp; Even the Sage can get a bit loopy at times, but CustServ has never been very reliable.&nbsp; I have asked them about four questions over the last year, and when they reply they always seem to be answering a question that resembles mine, but is not actually mine.&nbsp; So I never get a straight answer.&nbsp; Then they get snippy when I write back and say, &quot;well, that's fine, but what about the issue I had with rule X?&quot;The answer you get from CustServ depends on who you wind up talking to, what day of the week it is, whether they've recently had coffee or a messy break-up or a birthday party, and the position of Jupiter relative to Mercury.That much said, I do have to agree that for the number of spell levels the metamagic feat requires it makes more sense that Empower does not increase the non-random modifiers.&nbsp; But only by comparison with Maximize.&nbsp; OTOH, the text says &quot;variable, numeric effects,&quot; and IMO, that should include the non-random portion.&nbsp; They are variable, but vary by level rather than randomly.&nbsp; All told, it's just a poorly written piece of text.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lonely Tylenol, post: 1748656, member: 18549"] Yeah, I'm really starting to wonder if a CustServ answer is a reasonable thing to base an argument on. Even the Sage can get a bit loopy at times, but CustServ has never been very reliable. I have asked them about four questions over the last year, and when they reply they always seem to be answering a question that resembles mine, but is not actually mine. So I never get a straight answer. Then they get snippy when I write back and say, "well, that's fine, but what about the issue I had with rule X?" The answer you get from CustServ depends on who you wind up talking to, what day of the week it is, whether they've recently had coffee or a messy break-up or a birthday party, and the position of Jupiter relative to Mercury. That much said, I do have to agree that [i]for the number of spell levels the metamagic feat requires[/i] it makes more sense that Empower does not increase the non-random modifiers. But only by comparison with Maximize. OTOH, the text says "variable, numeric effects," and IMO, that should include the non-random portion. They are variable, but vary by level rather than randomly. All told, it's just a poorly written piece of text. [/QUOTE]

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