Metamagic Option (One)

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UA 2023 Player's Handbook Playtest 7

Unearthed Arcana

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Design Note: Metamagic Updates
Here are the main updates in the Metamagic options since their last playtest version.

Distant Spell returns to doubling range.

Seeking Spell now costs 1 point rather than 2.

Subtle Spell now clarifies that it doesn’t remove Material components that have a cost specified in the affected spell.

Twinned Spell has some of its previous multitargeting functionality but now within appropriate limits.

Metamagic Options
Option	Sorcery Points
Careful Spell	1
Distant Spell	1
Empowered Spell	1
Extended Spell	1
Heightened Spell	2
Quickened Spell	2
Seeking Spell	1
Subtle Spell	1
Transmuted Spell	1
Twinned Spell	1

The following options are available to your Metamagic features. The options are presented in alphabetical order.

Careful Spell

Cost: 1 Sorcery Point
Summary: You modify a spell that forces a saving throw, to allow a number of creatures to succeed. These creatures also take no damage if they would normally take only half.

Distant Spell

Cost: 1 Sorcery Point
Summary: You modify a spell to increase its range.

Empowered Spell

Cost: 1 Sorcery Point
Summary: You modify a spell to increase average damage. May be combined with other metamagic options.

Extended Spell

Cost: 1 Sorcery Point
Summary: You modify a spell's duration (unmodified duration of at least 1 minute) and gain Advantage on Concentration checks for this spell.

Heightened Spell

Cost: 2 Sorcery Point
Summary: Modify a spell to force Disadvantage on saving throws against it (for 1 target of choice).

Quickened Spell

Cost: 2 Sorcery Point
Summary: Modify a spell's casting time from 1 action to a Bonus Action (can't cast another level 1+ spell in the same turn).

Seeking Spell

Cost: 1 Sorcery Point
Summary: If you miss with a spell's attack roll, you can modify the spell to allow you to reroll the attack. May be combined with other metamagic options.

Subtle Spell

Cost: 1 Sorcery Point
Summary: Modify a spell to remove Verbal, Somatic, or Material components (nonconsumed material components only).

Transmuted Spell

Cost: 1 Sorcery Point
Summary: Modify a spell's Damage Type of Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, or Thunder for another one of these types.

Twinned Spell

Cost: 1 Sorcery Point
Summary: If a spell allows you to target more creatures by casting it with a higher-level spell slot, you can use this option to cast it at 1 level higher.

Sources and Notes

• Jeremy Crawford, WotC RPG Team (September 2023). UA 2023 Player's Handbook Playtest 7. (Dungeons and Dragons One D&D) Wizards of the Coast. Licensed: © Wizards of the Coast (used under 'fair use' clause).

• A deprecated version of these metamagic options were published in UA 2023 Player's Handbook Playtest 5.

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