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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3132738" data-attributes="member: 1656">Yes.A spell prerequisite may be provided by a character who has prepared the spell (or who knows the spell, in the case of a sorcerer or bard), or through the use of a spell completion or spell trigger magic item or a spell-like ability that produces the desired spell effect. For each day that passes in the creation process, the creator must expend one spell completion item or one charge from a spell trigger item if either of those objects is used to supply a prerequisite.Caster Level: The next item in a notational entry gives the caster level of the item, indicating its relative power. The caster level determines the item’s saving throw bonus, as well as range or other level-dependent aspects of the powers of the item (if variable). It also determines the level that must be contended with should the item come under the effect of a dispel magic spell or similar situation. This information is given in the form “CL x,” where “CL” is an abbreviation for caster level and “x” is an ordinal number representing the caster level itself.For potions, scrolls, and wands, the creator can set the caster level of an item at any number high enough to cast the stored spell and not higher than her own caster level. For other magic items, the caster level is determined by the creator. The minimum caster level is that which is needed to meet the prerequisites given.What this means is that except for potions, scrolls, and wands (and also enhancement bonuses on weapons and armor, plus arguably special abilities for weapons and armor), the Caster Level in the item description is not a requirement, merely an indication of what the caster level of an item you find randomly generally is.For example, an Amulet of Proof Against Detection and Location has a caster level of 8 in the description, but a wizard might make it with a caster level of 5, since that is the minimum caster level required to meet the prerequisite of the nondetection spell.  A sorcerer, on the other hand, could not make it with a caster level lower than 6.What this means, though, is that while a 5th level Cleric (Magic) might have a Wand of Nondetection (CL 5), and could use a charge each day for 35 days to craft the Amulet at CL 5, a 3rd level Wizard could not... because the minimum CL for the Amulet is 5, and even though the wand he is using has a CL of 5, the wizard's CL is 3.  And he cannot set the caster level of the item he crafts higher than his own caster level.  (Even though the Cleric's caster level for the purpose of using wizard scrolls is only 2, this doesn't matter... he can use any caster level he has for item creation!)Yes.-Hyp.</blockquote>

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