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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dandu" data-source="post: 6337863" data-attributes="member: 85158">How does Practiced Spellcaster interact with the wildmagic class feature of the wild mage (from CAr)?The –3 penalty and +1d6 bonus to the wild mage’s casterlevel are applied as a single step in the process of determiningthe wild mage’s caster level. Since Practiced Spellcaster’sbonus is always applied when it is most beneficial to thecharacter (see previous answer), a wild mage with PracticedSpellcaster would typically apply the wild magic class featurefirst (subtracting 3 and adding 1d6 to her caster level) and thenadd the Practiced Spellcaster benefit, up to a maximum valueequal to her character level.For example, if a 5th-level wizard/4th-level wild mage withPracticed Spellcaster rolled a 1 on the 1d6 bonus to her casterlevel, her caster level for that spell would be 9th (base 9th, –3from wild magic penalty, +1 from wild magic bonus, +4 fromPracticed Spellcaster up to a maximum equal to her characterlevel). If she rolled a 6, her caster level would be 12th (base9th, –3 from wild magic penalty, +6 from wild magic bonus;the Practiced Spellcaster bonus would not apply since it wouldincrease her caster level above her character level).On the other hand, imagine a wild mage whose caster level(before applying the effects of the wild magic class feature) isless than her character level, such as a wild mage with levels ofrogue or other non-spellcasting class. She might well choose toapply the Practiced Spellcaster bonus first, before applying thewild magic modifiers. A rogue 4/wizard 5/wild mage 4 wouldhave a base caster level of 9th before any other modifiers areapplied. Adding Practiced Spellcaster’s bonus would increasethis to 13th, at which point the penalty and bonus from wildmagic would be applied. The Sage recommends that playersaverse to frequently recalculating caster level avoid playing acharacter with this combination, as it is likely to causeheadaches.While the FAQ is far from perfect, this is as close to an official response to the question as you're going to get.</blockquote>

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