Mega-boost Caster Level


Rules Questions


Can a Menhir Savant druid use their Place Magic ability multiple times in one round, for a stacking +1 bonus to CL each time? Or does the increase to caster level not stack?


For convenience, here's the text in question:

Place Magic wrote:

At 2nd level, a menhir savant learns to identify and tap into ley lines in different types of terrain. As a free action, she can tap into the magic of a nearby ley line and increase her caster level by +1 for 1 round. She can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + her Wisdom bonus.

This ability replaces woodland stride and trackless step.

It's a free action, and the bonus it grants is untyped. I'd say you could use it multiple times in a single round, up to whatever free action limit the GM sets (or 3 + your WIS mod, whichever comes first).


Is there an official ruling to this, somewhere, though? Or is it up to the DM?

I thought I remembered somewhere something about Caster Level bonuses due to spells not stacking. Like, You can't use Death Knell multiple times to crank up your CL. But I don't remember the exact reason for that, or anything.

Lantern Lodge

Untyped bonuses from the same source usually do not stack.

Edited:
Copy and pasted from the rules:
"Bonuses without a type always stack, unless they are from the same source."

Does this help?


Not immediately aware of one. There's a rule that bonuses of a particular type don't stack - so for example, if you had two separate traits that granted you a trait bonus to your caster level, they would not stack because they're the same time.

In this case, the bonus doesn't have a type (holy, profane, trait, luck, etc.) listed, so they should stack. Pending someone linking an FAQ or designer comment I'd take that as RAW...

[edit]
Welp, learn something new. Thanks Secane. Untyped bonuses stack, unless they're from the same source. Several old threads on here got that wrong >.<


Ah, crap. Oh well. Thanks, you two.


So using that ability multiple times in a round would have no effect, but having multiple Orange Prism Ioun Stones would.


Martiln wrote:
So using that ability multiple times in a round would have no effect, but having multiple Orange Prism Ioun Stones would.

No, it is not the same item, but it is the same source. Multible ioun orange ioun stones dont stack.

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