Rather simple question as I have a Oracle6/SoulDrinker6 character soon to get his spell like abilities and I want to clarify something.
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At 7th level, the souleater is granted more power by her patron, gaining a spell-like ability usable at will, but costing 1 soul point for each use.
Patron A—contagion (DC 10 + the souleater’s class level + her spellcasting ability score modifier).
Patron B—vampiric touch.
Patron C—rage.
Patron D—bestow curse (DC 10 + the souleater’s class level + her spellcasting ability score modifier).
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At 10th level, the souldrinker gains further power from her patron. The spell-like abilities listed here are usable at will, but cost 3 soul points for each use.
Apollyon—creeping doom (DC 10 + the souldrinker's class level + her spellcasting ability score modifier).
Charon—Gain fast healing 10 for 10 rounds. This counts as a 6th-level spell.
Szuriel—Greater magic weapon (+4 enhancement bonus). Like a paladin with a weapon divine bond, the souldrinker can use the enhancement bonuses to add any of the following weapon properties: mighty cleaving, unholy, vicious, wounding.
Trelmarixian—horrid wilting (DC 10 + the souldrinker's class level + her spellcasting ability score modifier).
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As Charon is my Patron level 10 is nice and simple. It isn't level dependent.
However what is the caster level of Vampiric touch? Oracle 6/ Soul Drinker 7 is it CL13? Or CL7? Is there any point in a 3d6 vampric touch?
As an example it seems rather pointless for a Horrid Wilting (Trelmarixian) with CL10...
For creatures with spell-like abilities, a designated caster level defines how difficult it is to dispel their spell-like effects and to define any level-dependent variables (such as range and duration) the abilities might have. The creature's caster level never affects which spell-like abilities the creature has; sometimes the given caster level is lower than the level a spellcasting character would need to cast the spell of the same name. If no caster level is specified, the caster level is equal to the creature's Hit Dice. The saving throw (if any) against a spell-like ability is 10 + the level of the spell the ability resembles or duplicates + the creature's Charisma modifier.
This seems applicable.
Edit: From the Universal Monster Rules section.
Thanks for the feedback :) That statement in bold would certainly apply to this situation as far as i can see.