DMM Heighten, Does it work RAW?

[Sohala]

Assuming for a second that your can't cast spells of a higher level than slot you have. You start all your silly hand waving and praying for a max level spell, the slot is techanly used for the day, but before you complete your masterpiece, you decide to make it bigger with DMM (heighten). Now DMM and Heighten care about only two things, do you have enough turn attempts for the level increase and is the spell below level nine. So the two feats agree, the spell is a legal target, you burn two turn attempts to increase the spell by one level.

Now...does it fizzle or does it get cast?

[Felix Underwood]

heres additional reason why it does work ....  notice from the FAQ found here http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/er/20030221a .... on page 40:

...and carnivore for the win!

Yeah, had any of us thought to look there first, the thread could have died at only one page.

[Hallack]

heres additional reason why it does work ....  notice from the FAQ found here http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/er/20030221a .... on page 40:

...and carnivore for the win!

Yeah, had any of us thought to look there first, the thread could have died at only one page.

Not really as many here would agree that the Sage really is not a good source for consistent rules interpretation or arbitration.

[Felix Underwood]

Yeah, but on a topic that is sufficiently vague as to allow either interpretation, and with two sides that are solidly opposed to the other, I'll take whatever ammo I can get.

[carnivore]

it is also the only "Official" ammo to be used .... since the info found there is considered official by WoTC

 

[Hallack]

A buddy just pointed out to me that characters and NPCs cast spells they can't normally cast all the time.  Scrolls.  Just gotta make the Spellcraft check.

[BeholderSlayer]

A buddy just pointed out to me that characters and NPCs cast spells they can't normally cast all the time.  Scrolls.  Just gotta make the Spellcraft check.

I think you meant caster level check, but yes, this is true. I use this tactic all the time, especially around levels 14-15 to get access to 9th level spells when they are needed in a crunch.

[Hallack]

A buddy just pointed out to me that characters and NPCs cast spells they can't normally cast all the time.  Scrolls.  Just gotta make the Spellcraft check.

I think you meant caster level check, but yes, this is true. I use this tactic all the time, especially around levels 14-15 to get access to 9th level spells when they are needed in a crunch.

Er... yeah, Caster Level