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This question came in up in a game last night. An elf has a +2 bonus to caster level checks made to overcome spell resistance. The player, an elven conjurer, wanted to use a wand of something (that Spell Resistance applied to) against a creature with SR. I had said that he wouldn't get the +2, instead just getting the default CL of the wand (which was 5). He argued that he should get the +2, as it's his elf still using the wand.
Thoughts?
Generally magic items, except for staves do not benefit from character ability scores, special abilities, cless features, racial features, feats and such unless those abilities specificially affect items (I don't know any such ability in Pathfinder but there were such in 3.0/3.5) or the object specifically benefits from those.
He only gets to use the wand's caster level. He can however buy a wand at a higher caster level but it would increase the price if you were to allow it.
Staves are the item that allows casters to use their skills when activating so he would get it for a staff.
He may have had a 30 INT but the DC did not change... why would the caster level change. I believe it is an all or nothing type of deal with magic items.
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This question came in up in a game last night. An elf has a +2 bonus to caster level checks made to overcome spell resistance. The player, an elven conjurer, wanted to use a wand of something (that Spell Resistance applied to) against a creature with SR. I had said that he wouldn't get the +2, instead just getting the default CL of the wand (which was 5). He argued that he should get the +2, as it's his elf still using the wand.
Thoughts?
I seem to recall one of the developers saying Augment Summoning didn't apply to wands so I would think similarly this would not apply. You are not 'casting' the spell, just releasing energies.
