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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3210859" data-attributes="member: 1656">I think it makes perfect sense for a sorcerer applying a metamagic effect at casting time to a spell not prepared with that metamagic feat to suffer an increased casting time.  Whether he's using a rod to do it or not.If we allow a wizard to use a rod to apply a metamagic effect at casting time to a spell not prepared with that metamagic feat, however, he should suffer the same increased casting time."But because the sorcerer or bard has not prepared the spell in a metamagic form in advance, he must apply the metamagic feat on the spot. Therefore, such a character must also take more time to cast a metamagic spell (one enhanced by a metamagic feat) than he does to cast a regular spell."If the sorcerer using the rod needs more time to apply the feat, we know that applying a metamagic feat on the spot using a rod requires as much time as applying a metamagic feat on the spot normally.So if a wizard applies a metamagic feat on the spot using a rod, it makes no sense that he should not require more time.Since the description implies that a wizard using the rod does not require more time, the only logical conclusion I can see is that the wizard using the rod does not apply the feat on the spot to a spell not prepared in a metamagic form in advance.Thus, I reject the FAQ answer, and conclude that the wizard uses the rod when preparing spells, just as he would if he had the feat.-Hyp.</blockquote>

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