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<blockquote data-quote="eamon" data-source="post: 3642764" data-attributes="member: 51942">So you're saying your caster level is affected by the &quot;gaining&quot; of a negative level.&nbsp; (I think that &quot;gaining&quot; wrt negative levels is just hilarious <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ).&nbsp; Negative levels do impose a -1 penalty on calculations using your &quot;effective level&quot;, and the text in enervate would suggest this effects caster level too, but it's not stated in the SRD, and not stated in the PHB section on negative levels either.&nbsp; I guess it's just common sense it would apply to caster levels too, but if you happen to have an explicit reference... ...I'ld be happy to see it ;-).Further, how do you determine minimum caster level?&nbsp; Negative levels make your spells less powerful, and if your &quot;effective&quot; caster level is 0, then potentially the duration of some spells might be 0, but things like cure moderate wounds don't have a minimum - are you suggesting those become impossible too?&nbsp; And what should happen if your effective caster level drops to below 0?&nbsp; Say you're a fighter 10/cleric 1 with 2 negative levels.&nbsp; Is your caster level then truly effectively -1?&nbsp; What happens when you cast cure light wounds?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eamon, post: 3642764, member: 51942"] So you're saying your caster level is affected by the "gaining" of a negative level. (I think that "gaining" wrt negative levels is just hilarious :D ). Negative levels do impose a -1 penalty on calculations using your "effective level", and the text in enervate would suggest this effects caster level too, but it's not stated in the SRD, and not stated in the PHB section on negative levels either. I guess it's just common sense it would apply to caster levels too, but if you happen to have an explicit reference... ...I'ld be happy to see it ;-). Further, how do you determine minimum caster level? Negative levels make your spells less powerful, and if your "effective" caster level is 0, then potentially the duration of some spells might be 0, but things like cure moderate wounds don't have a minimum - are you suggesting those become impossible too? And what should happen if your effective caster level drops to below 0? Say you're a fighter 10/cleric 1 with 2 negative levels. Is your caster level then truly effectively -1? What happens when you cast cure light wounds? [/QUOTE]

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