Let's face it, there are three problems with metamagic in the current rule set: 1. * Using metamagic is generally strictly worse than using a level appropriate spell 2. * If you use a metamagic 'honestly', ie, as you are intended to, its hard to get much bang for your buck 3. * A number of exploits exist (DMM, incantatrix, rods of metamagic, etc...) which are the only 'good' ways to use metamagic. Hence the following fix.