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Tetujin 02-23-07, 04:27 PM	I noticed that there is a ring in Complete Arcane which provides +1 Caster Level for 20,000gp. There is also the Orange Ioun Stone which gives you +1 Caster Level for 30,000gp. They are both unnamed bonuses so by the RAW they stack. Does anyone feel this is especially unbalancing, or another interpretation exsists that I've overlooked?
DarkRhystar 02-23-07, 05:56 PM	I noticed that there is a ring in Complete Arcane which provides +1 Caster Level for 20,000gp. There is also the Orange Ioun Stone which gives you +1 Caster Level for 30,000gp. They are both unnamed bonuses so by the RAW they stack. Does anyone feel this is especially unbalancing, or another interpretation exsists that I've overlooked? It's not at all unbalanced. You can't afford the ring until level 12 or Ioun until level 14 (assuming 1/4 wealth buying rule). Even then, until you get into your late teens, 50,000 gp is a hefty amount of your wealth-by-level to be pouring into two items. That would be over half your wealth at level 12 (without the 1/4 buy rule) and a full 25% of it at level 15.
Polaris 02-23-07, 11:22 PM	I noticed that there is a ring in Complete Arcane which provides +1 Caster Level for 20,000gp. There is also the Orange Ioun Stone which gives you +1 Caster Level for 30,000gp. They are both unnamed bonuses so by the RAW they stack. Does anyone feel this is especially unbalancing, or another interpretation exsists that I've overlooked? No. Not really considering that there are other ways of increasing your caster level as well (Candles of Invocation) including a Divine Feat that does it most of the time (if you are a turn heavy cleric). Point is that caster level with few exceptions (Holy Word and Blasphemy) is far less important that spell level availability. That's why practiced spellcaster is only a 'meh' feat even for multiclassed casters. -Polaris