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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 6634298" data-attributes="member: 907">This is how it's supposed to work. I'll use 3.5 items because the 3.5 SRD is readily available online, but the principle is the same for 3.0. Take the amulet of the planes:CL 15th; Craft Wondrous Item, plane shift; Price 120,000 gp.If you find an amulet of the planes as random treasure, or buy one, the caster level is 15th. However, that is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisites are the ones listed as prerequisites: the Craft Wondrous Item feat, and the plane shift spell. These in turn give you virtual prerequisites of 3rd and 9th level, because CWI has 3rd level as a prerequisite, and plane shift is a 5th level spell. If a 10th level PC acquired the resources to make this item, they could, and it would have a caster level of 10.Let's look at another item, the amulet of natural armor:CL 5th; Craft Wondrous Item, barkskin, creator’s caster level must be at least three times the amulet’s bonus; Price 2,000 gp (+1), 8,000 gp (+2), 18,000 gp (+3), 32,000 gp (+4), or 50,000 gp (+5).Again, being 5th level is not a prerequisite. However, this item does call out a level-based prerequisite, so in order to make an amulet of natural armor +3 you need to be 9th level.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 6634298, member: 907"] This is how it's supposed to work. I'll use 3.5 items because the 3.5 SRD is readily available online, but the principle is the same for 3.0. Take the [I]amulet of the planes[/I]: CL 15th; Craft Wondrous Item, [I]plane shift[/I]; Price 120,000 gp. If you find an [I]amulet of the planes[/I] as random treasure, or buy one, the caster level is 15th. However, that is [B]not a prerequisite[/B]. The only prerequisites are the ones listed as prerequisites: the Craft Wondrous Item feat, and the [I]plane shift[/I] spell. These in turn give you virtual prerequisites of 3rd and 9th level, because CWI has 3rd level as a prerequisite, and [I]plane shift[/I] is a 5th level spell. If a 10th level PC acquired the resources to make this item, they could, and it would have a caster level of 10. Let's look at another item, the [I]amulet of natural armor[/I]: CL 5th; Craft Wondrous Item, [I]barkskin[/I], creator’s caster level must be at least three times the amulet’s bonus; Price 2,000 gp (+1), 8,000 gp (+2), 18,000 gp (+3), 32,000 gp (+4), or 50,000 gp (+5). Again, being 5th level is not a prerequisite. However, this item does call out a level-based prerequisite, so in order to make an [I]amulet of natural armor +3[/I] you need to be 9th level. [/QUOTE]

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