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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 1968170" data-attributes="member: 1288">So, a question for you all to ponder. I believe I've just discovered a fairly ugly abuse of the wild mage PrC (Complete Arcane). Now, I want to stress that I have no plans to actually do this in-game--it's clearly a violation of the spirit and intent of the class--but as a purely intellectual exercise, I want to see if you all agree that it's permissable by the RAW.The wild mage is considered to be at caster level -3, as a base. He then adds 1d6 to his caster level for each spell he casts, but that only applies when you're casting a spell.So, by the RAW, couldn't a wild mage benefit from the Practiced Spellcaster feat?As I see it, there's nothing in the rules to prevent it, though there are two possible ways to interpret it.1) Practiced Spellcaster changes the base caster level from (level -3) to (level). Thus, the wild mage's effective spell level when he casts spells is (level +1) to (level +6).2) The feat raises the minimum possible caster level, but you apply it after you roll the 1d6 to determine your effective level. Thus, any roll that reduces your caster level below your HD would be modified by the feat, but rolls that put you over would not. This has the effect of making the wild mage's effective spell level when casting anywhere from (level) to (level +3).So tell me... Am I missing something in the RAW that prevents this from happening? Something that makes it impossible to use Practiced Spellcaster with the wild mage PrC? If so, what have I missed? If not, which of the above interpretations (if not a third one of your own devising) do you think would be the result?</blockquote>

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