Also while metamagic is risky in E6, there is always a feat that increases the range category of a spell (touch to short, short to medium, medium to long):
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/metamagi ... metamagic/And the equivalent rod:
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/ro ... gic-reach/(I will probably mangle the rods slightly- at the very least the CL being listed for greater cannot stand, as there are no 17th level casters, but I'm also looking at the balance of them a lot closer than I would in a full 20 campaign)