A lot of people on the message board have been asking about how to raise caster levels for various reasons, recently. Can we, as a community, come up with a completed list of caster level bonuses from traits, feats, items, class abilities, etc.?
Wrong forum for this, no rules questions.
Now then let's see if I can get all the easy Caster Level bumps before people start chiming in.
Orange Prism (Ioun Stone) 30,000 gold.
Dwarf Cleric Archetype (Forgemaster), when casting spells on metal armor and weapons. +1 Caster level
As it turns out I'm not well versed in caster level bonuses.
Otherworldly Kimono (67,000g): +4 CL
Crown of Heaven (150,000g): +1 CL
Headband of aerial agility +2 (4,500g): +2 CL Flight Related spells
Headband of aerial agility +4 (42,000g): +4 CL Flight Related spells
Headband of aerial agility +6 (81,000g): +6 CL Flight Related spells
Shifter's Headband +2/4/6 (4,500g/17,500g/39,000g): +1 CL Polymorph Related Spells
Holy Wreath Band (5,700g): +1 CL Plant Related spells
Blazing Robes (11,000g): +1 CL Fire Spells
Shocking Robes (11,000g): +1 CL Lightning Spells
Voidfrost Robes (11,000g): +1 CL Cold Spells
Traits:
Lore Seeker: Choose three spells, +1 CL when casting them
Magical Knack: Up to +2 CL for multiclass/monster characters
Trickster (Gnome only): +1 CL related to duration, range, and area of a spell
Strength of the Land (Dwarf only): +1 CL when touching the ground or unworked stone
Distance Apitude: (similar) Treat your CL as +1 for the purposes of range of spells and spell-like abilities
Gifted Adept: +1 CL
Items:
Prayer Bead of Karma: +4 CL
AEther: +1 CL
Item:
Candle of Invocation trick (8,400g) - light it and blow it out right before preparing spells to prepare spells as if you were two caster levels higher.
Class:
Bard: Magician Archetype: Dweomercraft (+1 to +5 CL)
Sorcerer: Tattooed Sorcerer Archetype: Enhanced Varisian Tattoo: +2 CL on 1 spell
Feat:
Mage's Tattoo: choose a school of magic other than divination, that school is +1 CL
Bloodmage Initiate: +1 CL
Spell:
Sharesister (cohort or familiar/wand combo casts on you): +1 to +3 CL
APG Trait:
Gnome: Pyromancer: +1 CL for fire spells
This is good stuff, does anyone know about CL increases from the books that have come out in the last year?
I believe we're missing
Feat:
Spell Specialization: +2 CL for one spell
There is a moon related piece of head gear that grants a bonus on caster level for most of the month and then a penalty for part of it.
The half-elf alternate racial trait, Arcane Training, lets them count their favored class as one caster level higher for spell trigger and spell completion items.
There is a moon related piece of head gear that grants a bonus on caster level for most of the month and then a penalty for part of it.
The Moon Circlet from the APG.