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Why do Sorcerers have to take a full round action to use a metamagic rod?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jhulae" data-source="post: 3209696" data-attributes="member: 16958"><p>Well, I'm on the side of it being fine the way it is spelled out in the FAQ. Um, no pun intended. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>My reasoning is the sorcerer's amount of available spells and the fact they're always available, as others have said.</p><p></p><p>Look at it this way. The party is fighting Monster X.</p><p></p><p>First instance, Spell D would be the spell to use to take it out. The wizard has prepared Spells A, A, B, C, and D, not knowing what dangers would be faced during the day. She only has one optimal spell to boost against Monster X.</p><p></p><p>The sorcerer on the other hand, knows spells A, B, C, and D and has many casting slots available. She can now maximize spell D three times against Monster X, making the encounter that much easier for her party, but at the cost of each casting being a full round.</p><p></p><p>The sorcerer's versatility, in this case, balances the item for the extra time.</p><p></p><p>That being said, I don't think it's a gamebreaker to let the Sorcerer (or Bard) use the item like the Wizard can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jhulae, post: 3209696, member: 16958"] Well, I'm on the side of it being fine the way it is spelled out in the FAQ. Um, no pun intended. :) My reasoning is the sorcerer's amount of available spells and the fact they're always available, as others have said. Look at it this way. The party is fighting Monster X. First instance, Spell D would be the spell to use to take it out. The wizard has prepared Spells A, A, B, C, and D, not knowing what dangers would be faced during the day. She only has one optimal spell to boost against Monster X. The sorcerer on the other hand, knows spells A, B, C, and D and has many casting slots available. She can now maximize spell D three times against Monster X, making the encounter that much easier for her party, but at the cost of each casting being a full round. The sorcerer's versatility, in this case, balances the item for the extra time. That being said, I don't think it's a gamebreaker to let the Sorcerer (or Bard) use the item like the Wizard can. [/QUOTE]
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