Energy Substitution

( Tome and Blood: A Guidebook to Wizards and Sorcerers, p. 40)

[Metamagic]

You can modify a spell that uses one type of energy to use another type of energy.

Prerequisite

Knowledge (arcana) 5 ranks, Any other metamagic feat,

Required for

Energy Admixture (TB) ,

Benefit

Choose one type of energy: acid, cold, electricity, fire, or sonic. You can modify a spell with an energy designator to use the chosen type of energy instead. A substituted spell works normally in all respects except the type of damage dealt (see sidebar). A substituted spell uses a spell slot of the spell's normal level, modified by any other metamagic feats.

Special

You can gain this feat multiple times, each time it applies to a different type of energy.

Also appears in

  1. Complete Arcane
  2. Magic of Faerun
  3. Deities and Demigods
  4. Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land