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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 1941087" data-attributes="member: 1465">A common explanation is that metamagic is simply... costly. You pay once for taking the feat, and twice for the level increase. Preparation casters have a second level of strategic choice to deal with, which makes preparation more difficult than before.However, how popular metamagic is really depends on the gaming group and the characters. I have played several casters and almost all of them used metamagic feats (the basic ones, not the "sudden" ones), even the preparation-based casters. But of course, metamagic is the second big "schtik" of spontaneous casters, which benefit a lot from it. For Sorcerers it is (1) an invaluable strategic addition and (2) an extra help in character/creation development since metamagic feats allow to stretch your spell repertoire without having to learn new spells outright.</blockquote>