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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 2145974" data-attributes="member: 2011">Sorry, I mis-wrote there. I am currently on pain medication and sometimes mis-read or mis-write something. You can ignore that statement in the parenthesis.Caster level is still applicable to Spell Effect items on the Estimating Magic Item table though.Although it is possible to get the Command Word and Use-Activated table entires to correspond to the majority of items and that is something WotC has not done. They do have it close or accurate for other items.Sorry, I was unclear there.&quot;Since different classes get access to certain spells at different levels, the prices for two characters to make the same item might actually be different. An item is only worth two times what the caster of lowest possible level can make it for. Calculate the market price based on the lowest possible level caster, no matter who makes the item.&quot;Example:Command Word Headband of Tongues:The creation cost is: Spell Level x Caster Level x 1,800 GP.A bard crafts it and it costs 2 x 3 x 1800 GP or 10800 GP. It’s Market Value is 21600.A Cleric crafts it and it costs 4 x 7 x 1800 GP or 50400 GP. The only advantage is that it has a CL of 7 instead of 3, but it costs 2 1/3 more for a Cleric to craft than the item even has Market Value.Hence, this is a dumb creation rule. IMO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 2145974, member: 2011"] Sorry, I mis-wrote there. I am currently on pain medication and sometimes mis-read or mis-write something. You can ignore that statement in the parenthesis. Caster level is still applicable to Spell Effect items on the Estimating Magic Item table though. Although it is possible to get the Command Word and Use-Activated table entires to correspond to the majority of items and that is something WotC has not done. They do have it close or accurate for other items. Sorry, I was unclear there. "Since different classes get access to certain spells at different levels, the prices for two characters to make the same item might actually be different. An item is only worth two times what the caster of lowest possible level can make it for. Calculate the market price based on the lowest possible level caster, no matter who makes the item." Example: Command Word Headband of Tongues: The creation cost is: Spell Level x Caster Level x 1,800 GP. A bard crafts it and it costs 2 x 3 x 1800 GP or 10800 GP. It’s Market Value is 21600. A Cleric crafts it and it costs 4 x 7 x 1800 GP or 50400 GP. The only advantage is that it has a CL of 7 instead of 3, but it costs 2 1/3 more for a Cleric to craft than the item even has Market Value. Hence, this is a dumb creation rule. IMO. [/QUOTE]

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