Question about scrolls & potions

[DragonLancer]

Silly question but when a "cure X" scroll or potion is made does the creator add the caster level bonus to it as they would when casting a cure spell?

 

[frankthedm]

They would add as much caster level bonus as the paid for to make the item.

This is why magic items list a caster level. Because caster level is multiplied when computing costs, many potion and scrolls are made at the lowest caster level possible.

1d8+2 costs twice as much as 1d8+1.

 

[DragonLancer]

Thanks. We assumed as much but couldn't find in the rules as we sat here.

 

[BuzzardB]

I hope you don't mind but I would like you borrow your post for a potion question.

The price to create a potion is "25 gp × the level of the spell × the level of the caster." which is fine, but it also says "The imbiber of the potion is both the caster and the target."

So as written how does the person creating the potion know how much to spend on making it if he doesn't know the level of the person drinking it because the caster is the drinker but his level changed the price of the potion creation...

Now if "× the level of the caster." actually means "x the level of the creator" then why exactly would it cost more for a high level character to make a potion than a low level if its the drinker that determines the power level of the spell he is consuming anyway.

 

[Vegepygmy]

So as written how does the person creating the potion know how much to spend on making it if he doesn't know the level of the person drinking it because the caster is the drinker but his level changed the price of the potion creation...

The drinker's level is irrelevant. The potion has a caster level, which is set at the time of its creation by the creator. It does not change after that. When the drinker drinks it, he is treated as if he were both the caster and the target of the spell, but the potion's caster level is still whatever it was when it was created.

Now if "× the level of the caster." actually means "x the level of the creator" then...

It doesn't actually mean that; it actually means what it says. Usually, the creator is also the caster, but it is actually possible for two characters to work together to craft an item: one being the creator and the other casting the prerequisite spells. So the important thing is the level of the caster.

...why exactly would it cost more for a high level character to make a potion than a low level if its the drinker that determines the power level of the spell he is consuming anyway.

It's not.