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So, I've been flipping through the archives, searching for this particular subject, but haven't seen it quite answered. Since there is no formula for determining caster level requirement of say, a Belt of Giant Strength, what's to keep a creator from making nothing but +6 Belts? Why bother having a +2 or +4 when you can have a +6 with no additional work? I know that money can be a limiting factor, but if a player got lucky and ran into a pile of bandit loot, or by some stroke of luck killed a dragon single handed, they could have the requisite cash to go whole hog. Furthermore, what's to keep a creator from going beyond the max (in the book) +6 (assuming the DM give his approval)?

What I'm asking is, why doesn't this type of item have the same CL restrictions that other enhancement items do (CL 3 x Enhancement bonus)?

I've been searching for a rule on this particular question, but have so far been unsuccessful. The magic item creation rules state that when creating a magic weapon or armor, the creator caster level needs to be three times the enhancement bonus, but there is no such rule explicitly stated for any other magic item. What I want to know is, if I was say, a 9th level caster, and wanted to create a headband of mental superiority (enhancement bonus to Int, Wis, and Cha), what is the maximum bonus I can get?

My group met for it's weekly game this weekend, and one of the player's wanted to take the assassin prc. Now normally, I would have hand-waved the special prerequisite, but he kept going on about killing someone to fulfill that requirement. He (and everyone else in the group) took that to mean that he could kill just anyone and declare himself an assassin. I argued that he needed to do it for some sort of profit, whether it was for coin or to gain the attention of an assassin guild.

Now this question is directed more towards the Pathfinder creators (since my group will take their word over any others), but all opinions are welcome. Who here is right according to the RAW and the RAI (if different)?

This has been bugging me for a while since I can find no clarification as to why a creature with the cold subtype and no acid attacks is immune to it. I doubt it's a typo since it's in the PRD as well as having been discussed here on the boards (albeit without an explanation that I can find). So what's the deal?