<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp23637683yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I just realized /i quote the vesion from the wrong source.(The SRD instead of the actual rulebook.)</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">"Magical Lineage: One of your parents was a gifted<div><div>spellcaster who not only used metamagic often, but</div><div>developed many magical items and perhaps even a new</div><div>spell or two—and you have inherited a fragment of this</div><div>greatness. Pick one spell when you choose this trait.</div><div>When you apply metamagic feats to this spell, treat its</div><div>actual level as 1 lower for determining the spell’s final</div><div>adjusted level"</div></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp23637683signature">--- It is with books as with the fire in our hearths; we go to a neighbor to get the embers and light it when we return home, pass it on to others, and it belongs to everyone.</div></div>
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On Sunday, July 7, 2019, 10:38:01 AM CDT, Thomas O. Magann Jr. <tmagann@earthlink.net> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp423b17feyiv6358804390"><div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial, sans-serif;">I'm thinking this was sent to the wrong list? Seems to be about D&D not P&P. Edition 3.5, I think.,<div><br></div><div>And hasn't fireball always been 3rd level? Since the ORIGINAL original boxed set back in '74<br><br><blockquote style="padding-left:5px;margin-left:0px;border-left:#0000ff 2px solid;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:black;">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Hsingai Altaica
<br>Sent: Jul 7, 2019 12:10 AM
<br>To: pnp@list.powersandperils.org
<br>Subject: [PnP] META: game(docutementation) design
<br><br><div class="ydp423b17feyiv6358804390yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr">Since I don't trust anyone else to behave like reasonable adults I thought I'd share my thoughts here</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">THe errata should be the final say on the rules and have all contradictions to the Rule Books. then Rule Books and finally to clear up ambiguities the FAQ.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> "<span><span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Varela, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">Benefit</span><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Varela, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">: Pick one spell when you choose this trait. When you apply </span><a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/metamagic-feats" style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-family:Varela, sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 57, 101) !important;" class="ydp423b17feyiv6358804390" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">metamagic feats</a><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Varela, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> to this spell that add at least 1 level to the spell, treat its actual level as 1 lower for determining the spell’s final adjusted level."</span></span><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">THis wording has the affordance that Usually metamagic can't lower a spells adjusted level below it's actual level</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><h2 style="margin:24px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:Sans Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:18px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">THeir FAQ states:"Magical Lineage (trait): Can I use this trait to adjust a spell's effective level below the unmodified spell's original level?</h2><blockquote style="margin:15px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><p style="margin-top:0px;">No. For example, it won't allow you to alter a wizard's <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;">fireball</i> into 2nd-level spell." But the trait says that the original level of a wizard's fireball spell is 2 BEFORE being modified.</p></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div>
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