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Question about caster level.

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#1
senko
Apr 10, 2008 9:49:06 I recently purchased a book (thaumatech) listing modern items and several of them have caster levels above 10 for example a ring of spell replication that has a caster level of 12th. I'm just wondering how you get that does it count multi-class combos e.g. mage 10, archmage 2 = caster level 12 or character level e.g. smart hero 3, mage 10 = caster level 12 or am I just missing something here and these items are for a different system?
#2
battles14
Apr 10, 2008 17:01:33 It depends on the individual classes. The archmage and ecclesiarch have a class feature called "Total Spellcasting", which allows levels of certain classes to be added together to determine class level (Archmage - caster levels only, Ecclesiarch - all levels). So to get a caster level of 12, you could have Mage 10/Archmage 2, or Mage 9/Archmage 3, or Acolyte 10/Ecclesiarch 2, etc. To my knowledge, this only pertains to characters with Total Spellcasting.
#3
TheRealOrion
Apr 10, 2008 19:19:55 I believe that Thaumatech is a CryptoSnark Games product, yes? If so, you should know two things.

First, Scott (who wrote all of CryptoSnark's books) didn't really use d20M. His stuff was mostly designed from D&D and/or for his superhero game Deeds Not Words, in which there is a "Mystic" class that goes from 1st to 20th level.

Second, anyone who charges you for a CryptoSnark product is an unethical prick. Scott walked away from CryptoSnark in '03, but PDF pay sites will gladly take your money in exchange for his abandonware products. Scott himself utterly failed to send out product to many, many people who put money in his PayPal account, by the way, so I shed no tears for the profit he loses.
#4
senko
Apr 10, 2008 19:21:01 Ah but it is possible to get caster level 12th then just really rare thanks.

EDIT
Ah interesting well it was only a couple of bucks from RPGnow or someplace along those lines so its not so bad. Guess I'll just need to do a slight readjustment then e.g. something with caster level 6 is actually fairly common?
#5
TheRealOrion
Apr 10, 2008 23:02:28 The items can exist in your world with a caster level 12. Your players will just have a lot of trouble making them themselves.
#6
senko
Apr 11, 2008 1:27:35 Yep with archmage/ecclesiarch it is possible I just need to check there's none with caster level 16+

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 senko Apr 10, 2008 9:49:06	I recently purchased a book (thaumatech) listing modern items and several of them have caster levels above 10 for example a ring of spell replication that has a caster level of 12th. I'm just wondering how you get that does it count multi-class combos e.g. mage 10, archmage 2 = caster level 12 or character level e.g. smart hero 3, mage 10 = caster level 12 or am I just missing something here and these items are for a different system?
#2 battles14 Apr 10, 2008 17:01:33	It depends on the individual classes. The archmage and ecclesiarch have a class feature called "Total Spellcasting", which allows levels of certain classes to be added together to determine class level (Archmage - caster levels only, Ecclesiarch - all levels). So to get a caster level of 12, you could have Mage 10/Archmage 2, or Mage 9/Archmage 3, or Acolyte 10/Ecclesiarch 2, etc. To my knowledge, this only pertains to characters with Total Spellcasting.
#3 TheRealOrion Apr 10, 2008 19:19:55	I believe that Thaumatech is a CryptoSnark Games product, yes? If so, you should know two things. First, Scott (who wrote all of CryptoSnark's books) didn't really use d20M. His stuff was mostly designed from D&D and/or for his superhero game Deeds Not Words, in which there is a "Mystic" class that goes from 1st to 20th level. Second, anyone who charges you for a CryptoSnark product is an unethical prick. Scott walked away from CryptoSnark in '03, but PDF pay sites will gladly take your money in exchange for his abandonware products. Scott himself utterly failed to send out product to many, many people who put money in his PayPal account, by the way, so I shed no tears for the profit he loses.
#4 senko Apr 10, 2008 19:21:01	Ah but it is possible to get caster level 12th then just really rare thanks. EDIT Ah interesting well it was only a couple of bucks from RPGnow or someplace along those lines so its not so bad. Guess I'll just need to do a slight readjustment then e.g. something with caster level 6 is actually fairly common?
#5 TheRealOrion Apr 10, 2008 23:02:28	The items can exist in your world with a caster level 12. Your players will just have a lot of trouble making them themselves.
#6 senko Apr 11, 2008 1:27:35	Yep with archmage/ecclesiarch it is possible I just need to check there's none with caster level 16+