Does using a LOS range spell as a touch spell change the drain value at all?

No.

Not unless they redesign the spell using Arcana and the rules in Street Magic.

Edit: Ninja'd again That'll teach me to queue up a number of threads to read at once.

Well to be fair it's not hard to beat you with a one word response. But in short the drain code on a spell is based on the maximum the spell can do. It's akin to my truck, it may take less gas when I'm not pulling a trailer but ultimately it still requires more then a car because of it's capability.

Really? Maybe I'm thinking of SR3, but Touch used to be less Drain… that was the whole point.

You can design a new spell (or if it's one that already has a touch form, use that) that does the same thing but at touch range, and THAT would have lower drain. But if you only know the ranged version, you take full drain for using it in touch range.

Right but a LOS spell is still a LOS spell even if your touching the target. You can't conserve drain.

Thanks guys. I misread, because I thought he *was* talking about designing a new touch version of the spell.

-2 to the Drain Value, specifically.