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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5787955" data-attributes="member: 6669384">It's the level the item was created at.For example, let's say I'm writing a Scroll of Cure Light Wounds.&nbsp; It's a 1st level Cleric scroll, so I can scribe it as a 1st level scroll.&nbsp; My cost is Spell Leve (1) x Caster level (1) x 12.5 GP.&nbsp; That 12.5 gp, and 1 Exp.It heals a D8 +1, no matter what level the person who reads it is.I could create it at a higher level (presuming I am a higher level of course), if I'm willing to pay the price.Say I Scribed it as being cast by a 2nd level caster.&nbsp; Now my cost is Spell Level (still 1) x Caster Level (now 2) x 12.5 gp.&nbsp; That's now 25 gp cost, and 2 Exp for a D8 +2 healing.&nbsp; Lousy investment, I admit, to double my cost for one extra point of healing, but there it is.Say I scribed it as being 5th level caster, and a 3rd Level Cleric tried to use it.The spell is definitely on his spell list, and it's still just a 1st level spell so if he has even an 11 Wisdom he's good to go on that point, but his caster level is lower than the scrolls.&nbsp; He needs to roll a D20 and add his level.&nbsp; His target DC is 16 (caster level of scroll(5) plus 11.)One of the more confusing oddities of D&amp;D was their use of the word &quot;level&quot; to describe just about everything.&nbsp; A 5th level caster throwing a 3rd level spell at a 9th level monster on the 4th level of a dungeon.&nbsp; And no two of those uses of &quot;level&quot; have the same meaning.&nbsp; Isn't that fun?No?&nbsp; Well that's okay, practically nobody else thought so either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 5787955, member: 6669384"] It's the level the item was created at. For example, let's say I'm writing a Scroll of Cure Light Wounds. It's a 1st level Cleric scroll, so I can scribe it as a 1st level scroll. My cost is Spell Leve (1) x Caster level (1) x 12.5 GP. That 12.5 gp, and 1 Exp. It heals a D8 +1, no matter what level the person who reads it is. I could create it at a higher level (presuming I am a higher level of course), if I'm willing to pay the price. Say I Scribed it as being cast by a 2nd level caster. Now my cost is Spell Level (still 1) x Caster Level (now 2) x 12.5 gp. That's now 25 gp cost, and 2 Exp for a D8 +2 healing. Lousy investment, I admit, to double my cost for one extra point of healing, but there it is. Say I scribed it as being 5th level caster, and a 3rd Level Cleric tried to use it. The spell is definitely on his spell list, and it's still just a 1st level spell so if he has even an 11 Wisdom he's good to go on that point, but his caster level is lower than the scrolls. He needs to roll a D20 and add his level. His target DC is 16 (caster level of scroll(5) plus 11.) One of the more confusing oddities of D&D was their use of the word "level" to describe just about everything. A 5th level caster throwing a 3rd level spell at a 9th level monster on the 4th level of a dungeon. And no two of those uses of "level" have the same meaning. Isn't that fun? No? Well that's okay, practically nobody else thought so either. [/QUOTE]

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