Question 2!

Our latest question comes from Nachoelanciano, and he asks:

If a wizard takes on the quicken spell feat, this means he can cast a quickened spell on each round, but, can it be a different spell each time? Or he takes the quickened feat and then he chooses a spell and that spell becomes his quickened spell?

Like any metamagic feat, Quicken Spell can be applied to any spell the wizard can cast. When the wizard memorizes spells for the day, he can choose to apply the Quicken Spell feat to a spell if he has an open spell slot 4 levels above that spell. For instance, a 10th level wizard sits to memorize spells, he can memorize a quickened magic missile and a quickened burning hands (thus filling his two 5th level spell slots). Then, he can also memorize regular magic missiles and burning hands spells in his 1st level slots. Wizards just can't add or remove metamagic feats once he is done memorizing spells.

Sorcerers on the other hand can (though they can't use Quicken Spell, sorry). Since sorcerers don't memorize their spells, they choose to apply metamagic feats when they actually cast. This carries with it the downside of turning the casting time into a full-round action (which is why Quicken Spell just doesn't work). The sorcerer would still need to expend a higher level spell slot to cast metamagic spells.

Ok, thanks for your question Nachoelanciano! Keep 'em coming guys! (and gals!)

Tags: metamagic, quicken spell, wizard, sorcerer, Dungeons and Dragons, D&D, D20