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Widen Spell
« on: September 13, 2012, 08:22:19 PM »
Since when does Widen Spell cost 3 levels?  I thought it was 1!  Wow, that blows.
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Re: Widen Spell
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2012, 09:38:55 AM »
Since when does Widen Spell cost 3 levels?  I thought it was 1!  Wow, that blows.
Yeah, totally, ridiculously overpriced Metamagic feat.
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Re: Widen Spell
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2012, 09:42:14 AM »
Even as a +1 adjustment it's still not going to be worth it most of the time.  It would be better than Enlarge, not as good as Extend.

As a +3 adjustment... it's one of the worst out there.
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Re: Widen Spell
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2012, 09:44:22 AM »
Absolutely. I also noticed something yesterday that I hadn't really picked up on before: a lot of the Metapsionic feats are actually priced cheaper than their equivalent Metamagic feats. Empower costs the equivalent of one spell level, and Maximize is two. The added cost of having to expend your focus makes up for this, but still it's pretty cool I think (I'm a fan of the psionic mechanics :P ). Another reason why psionicists make better blasters than arcanists in many ways.
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Re: Widen Spell
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2012, 11:09:54 PM »
It’s a TRAP! Unless your campaign regularly features large set battles with hordes of extremely weak foes, there will be very few times that a larger fireball will be better than a more intense one. In fact, this feat is best used with sabotage spells like Black Tentacles, Solid Fog, and Acid Fog, rather than damaging spells like fireball. Even then, however, it’s not much use. Steer clear of this feat unless your campaign regularly features massive battles with numerous combatants. I direct you to the Sudden Widen feat if you feel that you need extra area effect on a regular basis.
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Re: Widen Spell
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2012, 11:27:15 PM »
In many cases Sculpt Spell will increase the area better than Widen.  Funny eh?