Caster Level of Potion? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Caster Level of Potion? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
AaronDireBear
11-01-06, 04:38 PM Whats the caster level of a Potion of Cure Light Wounds?
I need to know what to add to the d8 roll.
ShinAkuma2
11-01-06, 04:46 PM The default caster level is the minimum required to cast the spell.

A standard CLW potion is CL 1st, thus you get 1d8+1 hp back.
Platonix
11-01-06, 09:31 PM Potions can be made at higher level, anywhere between the minimum for that spell and the brewer's own level, so a 7th-level cleric brewing a potion of cure moderate wounds could set the potion's caster level anywhere between 3 and 7. The 7th-level potion costs a lot more, though, so generally, when you buy a potion, assume it's the minimum level.
Plothos
11-01-06, 10:24 PM Yeah, a potion of a first level spell and caster level 2 would cost 100gp, not 50gp. For that amount, you could get two potions of 1d8+1 instead of just one that gives you 1d8+2. Needless to say, cure potions are best at their lowest level, money-wise, and that's why you don't see them listed at higher levels (unlike some other potions where the increase in duration or something makes it worthwile to pay more for a higher CL).
AaronDireBear
11-02-06, 01:04 AM well i just need a little bit so i can pour it down my dying friends' throats while protecting them (he has a class ability from a homebrew world that allows him to occupy another creature's square without squeezing him or her while all attacks MUST be directed at him and not the one designated as his protectorate)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
AaronDireBear 11-01-06, 04:38 PM	Whats the caster level of a Potion of Cure Light Wounds? I need to know what to add to the d8 roll.
ShinAkuma2 11-01-06, 04:46 PM	The default caster level is the minimum required to cast the spell. A standard CLW potion is CL 1st, thus you get 1d8+1 hp back.
Platonix 11-01-06, 09:31 PM	Potions can be made at higher level, anywhere between the minimum for that spell and the brewer's own level, so a 7th-level cleric brewing a potion of cure moderate wounds could set the potion's caster level anywhere between 3 and 7. The 7th-level potion costs a lot more, though, so generally, when you buy a potion, assume it's the minimum level.
Plothos 11-01-06, 10:24 PM	Yeah, a potion of a first level spell and caster level 2 would cost 100gp, not 50gp. For that amount, you could get two potions of 1d8+1 instead of just one that gives you 1d8+2. Needless to say, cure potions are best at their lowest level, money-wise, and that's why you don't see them listed at higher levels (unlike some other potions where the increase in duration or something makes it worthwile to pay more for a higher CL).
AaronDireBear 11-02-06, 01:04 AM	well i just need a little bit so i can pour it down my dying friends' throats while protecting them (he has a class ability from a homebrew world that allows him to occupy another creature's square without squeezing him or her while all attacks MUST be directed at him and not the one designated as his protectorate)