New Metamagic Feat: Communal Spell

[kitteninablender]

Benefits: When you cast a Communal Spell, the spell changes a normally Single-Target spell into an Area Spell, centered upon the caster. The spell then affects all FRIENDLY targets within the area, a 20-foot burst.

A Communal Spell uses a spell slot Four levels higher than the modified spell.

So, for example: You could have Communal Improved Mage Armor as a 7th level spell. Or Communal Shield as a 5th.

Great for Summoners/Necromancers or otherwise people who summon lots of dudes or travel in large groups.

Thoughts? Comments? Witticisms?

[SyntheticRose]

Yes please. The more Pathfinder-like things added, the better.

[Ariella]

Can't add new meta magic feats sadly. Could add them like in kingmaker as new mass spells but that's about it.

[Valefort]

Or just make mass spells, after all mass cat's grace, mass bear's endurance etc, do exist.

[Mallore]

If people wanted to keep such themed to metamagic ((always kinda liked the way some people roleplay meta Magic’s))

Could you just make them new Mass Spells but with requirement Of a Feat. Thus the new mass spells actually cost investment and capture the role play nature of meta magic abilities.

Kind of a way to get around not being able to sculpt new metamagic

[metaquad4]

You could also make new meta-magic, as X/day options. It still requires a trade-off (take a feat as always, can only be used a few times per rest), and it isn't perfect. But, it can be done in NWN2 at-least relatively easily(?).

Keep the current metamagic as is, and make new ones X/day. Maybe allow them used 3/day or some-such. Multiple picks could also be introduced, where you get 3/day on the first pick and 2/day on subsequent picks.

So, say you picked Communal Spell. You'd be able to use the feat 3/day, and it would make it so that your next friendly spell affects everyone around you. You can then take Extra Communal Spell I and Extra Communal Spell II, which give 2 more uses/day each.