Mana

== Spell Levels, Costs, and Minimum Caster Level ==

== Spell Levels, Costs, and Minimum Caster Level ==

| 0th ||  0 ||  1

| 0th ||  0 ||  1

| 1st ||  1 ||  1

| 1st ||  1 ||  1

| 2nd ||  3 ||  4

| 2nd ||  3 ||  4

| 3rd ||  6 ||  6

| 3rd ||  6 ||  6

| 4th || 12 ||  8

| 4th || 12 ||  8

| 5th || 18 || 10

| 5th || 18 || 10

| 6th || 27 || 12

| 6th || 27 || 12

| 7th || 36 || 14

| 7th || 36 || 14

| 8th || 48 || 16

| 8th || 48 || 16

| 9th || 60 || 18

| 9th || 60 || 18

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Metamagic changes the form that the Mana must take for a given spell, by adding to the amount of Mana necessary. Since spontaneous casters function by having memorized and practiced their spells to the point that they can form them on the fly, adding metamagic to the mix complicates things. Whenever metamagic adds to the spell's Mana Cost by at least half the spontaneous caster's Caster Level, the casting time of the spell increases according to the following table:

Metamagic changes the form that the Mana must take for a given spell, by adding to the amount of Mana necessary. Since spontaneous casters function by having memorized and practiced their spells to the point that they can form them on the fly, adding metamagic to the mix complicates things. Whenever metamagic adds to the spell's Mana Cost by at least half the spontaneous caster's Caster Level, the casting time of the spell increases according to the following table:

| Swift or Immediate || Move Action

| Swift or Immediate || Move Action

| Move Action || Standard Action

| Move Action || Standard Action

| Standard Action || Full-Round Action (Move + Standard)

| Standard Action || Full-Round Action (Move + Standard)

| Full-Round Action || 1 Round

| Full-Round Action || 1 Round

| 1 or more Rounds || 1 additional Round

| 1 or more Rounds || 1 additional Round

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