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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 2436919" data-attributes="member: 3424">#4. If the character needs to pay out the base costs of making the weapon (64,315 gp)from his equipment costs, he needs to be at least 11th level (standard gear value 66,000 gp). In which case, in order to meet the other prerequisites for creating the item, he will need to be CL 12 - one possibility is a Dwarf Wizard 3/Cleric 3 (Good domain)/Mystic Theurge 4/Battlesmith 2, with the Practised Spellcaster (cleric or wizard) feat. Practised Spellcaster is in Complete Arcane and Complete Divine, and Battlesmith is from Races of Stone. Caster level for the purpose of creating magic arms and armor is 3 (base cleric or wizard) + 4(Mystic Theurge levels) + 4 (Practised Spellcaster) + 6 (Battlesmith) = 17, which is sufficient for creating a +5 weapon. The character needs to select keen edge as one of his wizard spells to meet all the prerequisites for creating the item.If the base cost of making the weapon is provided, a CL 10 Dwarf Wizard 2/Cleric 4 (Good domain)/Fighter 1/Battlesmith 3 with the Practised Spellcaster (cleric) feat will be sufficient. Caster level for the purpose of creating magic arms and armor is 4 (base cleric) + 4 (Practised Spellcaster) + 9 (battlesmith) = 17, which is sufficient for creating +5 weapons. He purchases a wand of keen edge for 11,250 gp and a strand of prayer beads for 25,800 gp. This is a total of 37,050 gp, which is within the standard gear value of a 10th-level character (49,000 gp). He first makes a +1 longsword (2 days) then enhances it to a +1 keen longsword (6 more days, using 6 charges of the wand), then enhances it to a +1 keen holy longsword (24 more days, using the daily use of holy smite he gets from the bead of smiting in his strand of prayer beads). Then, he enhances it to a +5 keen holy longsword (96 more days).The prerequisites for the Battlesmith prestige class are: dwarf race, BAB +5, Craft (armorsmithing or weaponsmithing) 10 ranks, Heavy Armor Proficiency, Endurance, Weapon Focus (warhammer), and the character must have created a dwarvencraft weapon and used it in battle. These prerequisites can be met by a Dwarf Wizard 3/Cleric 3/Mystic Theurge 4 or a Dwarf Wizard 2/Cleric 4/Fighter 1, and still have an extra feat slot left over for Practised Spellcaster. The Battlesmith prestige class grants Craft Magic Arms and Armor as a bonus feat, and allows the character to add three times his Battlesmith class level to any other caster level the character has to determine his effective caster level for creating magic arms and armor. Dwarvencraft items have a craft DC of 22, so any dwarf character with 10 ranks of Craft (weaponsmithing) and no Intelligence penalty can make a metal dwarvencraft item (to get the +2 racial bonus to Craft checks) just by taking 10.EDIT: A 32-point buy character might look like this: Str 12, Dex 12, Con 16 (14 +2 racial), 15 Int (14 +1 level increase), Wis 15 (14 +1 level increase), Cha 12 (14 -2 racial). Since keen edge and holy smite are 3rd and 4th level respectively, this character should be able to cast both the spells for the first case. He does not even need minimum ability scores to use the spell trigger item in the second case.</blockquote>

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