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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kreynolds" data-source="post: 541654" data-attributes="member: 2829">I don't see a contradiction in the rules at all. I've read your essay, but I see no compelling evidence that an item's caster level is arbitrary in any way. It is directly determined by the most powerful effect of the item, and you can set the power level of that effect, thus you can set the caster level of the item.Basically, whatever is used to create the most powerful function of the item is what sets the caster level of the item. The caster level of an item is a prerequisite only in regards to "this is what level you have to be to create this item exactly as written". If you want to make a weaker version of an item, you can, and the caster level will be lower. If you want to make a more powerful version of an item, you can, and the caster level will be higher.For example, the only reason that the Boots of Speed have a caster level of 10th is because that is what level you would have to be to get 10 rounds out of the Haste spell. If you only want your Boots to give you 5 rounds of Haste, you only need to be a 5th level caster, and you set the caster level of the new boots to 5th. By being 5th level, you meet the requirements for both 5 rounds of Haste and the Craft Wondrous Item feat. If you want 15 rounds of Haste, you need to be a 15th level caster to set the caster level of the item that high. The caster level of the Boots of Speed can never be set lower than 5th because that is the minimum level you need to be to cast Haste, even though Craft Wondrous Item only requires you to be 3rd level or higher, so it is the Haste spell that sets the absolute minimum of Boots of Speed.The caster level of an item is a prerequisite only in regards to exactly as it is written. There is no reason at all why you couldn't set the caster level of the Boots of Speed lower than 10th level.I don't understand where the confusion lies.</blockquote>

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