A useful feat for any buffer

[CantripN]

Necrotic Empowerment wouldn't work, it's Necromancy, not Transmutation.

Could possibly be done with a Transmuter Changeling. Don't they get a sub-level that lets them pick a few spells and change them to [Transmutation]? Maybe it's a PrC. I forget...

It's actually a variant from UA, but whatever. Yes, that works.

[The_Mad_Linguist]

combine with "fell energy" metamagic and wish your ability scores up!

[Bozwevial]

combine with "fell energy" metamagic and wish your ability scores up!

As in the inherent bonuses? Oooh, nice...

[Havok4]

combine with "fell energy" metamagic and wish your ability scores up!

As in the inherent bonuses? Oooh, nice...

That is a really nice trick, using a liberal interpretation of that interaction you could get a +15 bonus permanently out of that.l

[The_Mad_Linguist]

Even with less liberal, you could either get the whole +5 with a single wish, or get a +9 if you use it as your last wish.

[Lycanthromancer]

A psychic warrior with the magic mantle and strength of my enemy would gain +3 Strength for every point he drained from his foes.

[Phoenix00]

Owl's Insight is another one.  normally your insight bonus to wisdom is half your caster level, now it is half your caster level +2.

[Surreal]

Could an artificer make use of this feat?

[Havok4]

Could an artificer make use of this feat?

I do not thing they actually cast transmutation spells, so likely not.

[OblivionSmurf83]

I think the best use I've seen so far is the Wish method. By RAW, I don't know if +15 is possible due to the way Wish is worded, but +3 for a single Wish, or +7 for 5 would certainly be possible.

The great thing about this feat is that it's a general feat, rather than a metamagic one. This means it stacks with metamagic. An Empowered Cat's Grace with this feat would grant +9 to Dexterity.

[Anklebite]

An Empowered Cat's Grace with this feat would grant +9 to Dexterity.

no, it would supply 6 dex. empower does nothing for cat's grace.

[OblivionSmurf83]

D'Oh. Bed time, I think

[Bozwevial]

An Empowered Cat's Grace with this feat would grant +9 to Dexterity.

no, it would supply 6 dex. empower does nothing for cat's grace.

It'd work for the 3.0 version, IIRC, but not the 3.5 version. So if you can convince your DM to let you use the 3.0 version (not too hard a task, I imagine, given that a 3.0 Cat's Grace will be worse than a 3.5 version 50% of the time, equivalent 25%, and better by a point 25%), it's pretty good.

[snakeman830]

So, how again are we getting Wish to be a Transmutation spell?

[Bozwevial]

So, how again are we getting Wish to be a Transmutation spell?

Wasn't the UA Transmuter variant mentioned?

[Widow]

combine with "fell energy" metamagic and wish your ability scores up!

I have often wondered if the inherent bonus would stay +3 instead of +1 if you were no longer undead, like if you cast shroud of undeath or kiss of the vampire first.