Item Mastery feats acting as SLAs


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I have a question that I think should be pretty straightforward and clear cut but I assume I'm massively overthinking it.

The blurb on item mastery feats says the following:

Item Mastery Feats wrote:

Using an item mastery feat is a standard action that doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity, similar to activating a command word item, though you do not need to speak to use the feat. Creating these effects requires you to assault the existing magic of the item through your force of will and channel the item's inherent magic through your own body; this act is thus governed by the user's fortitude.

All effects created by item mastery feats act as spell-like abilities and use your base attack bonus as the caster level.

And the text within each of the item mastery feats includes the following text:

Flight Mastery wrote:
You can cause an item that has a transmutation spell of 2nd level or higher listed in its construction requirements to cast fly.

So... Is the person using the item mastery feat activating a spell-like ability? It seems like they obviously should be... after all, they make all the decisions for the ability. On the other hand, each mastery ability says that the item casts a spell, not the character. On top of that, the general text for item mastery feats says that they "act as spell-like abilities" not that they are spell like abilities.

Building off this question, if these feats are granting specific spell-like abilities, do they allow you to meet feat prerequisites with those abilities? Specifically, I'm thinking of the Teleportation Mastery (grants Dimension Door) and qualifying for Dimensional Agility and its follow up feats.


I agree with the notion that it is the item casting the spell, and you are 'coaxing' it out of said item. Manipulating the magical aura already there, as it were.

I would personally allow it to qualify for Dimensional Agility, but, as written, it does not.


Since it uses your BAB as Caster Level, and the effect is defined by you not the Item, I would say it does count as you creating the effect yourself, not just "using an item".

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You do qualify for Dimensional Agility - if you specifically have DD as a SLA (which Teleportation Mastery gives you) then you qualify for anything that specifically requires ability to cast DD, like DA. See this FAQ about Barghests and DA: [url]http://paizo.com/paizo/faq/v5748nruor1fm#v5748eaic9qow[/url]

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