Caster Level as a Feat Prerequisite

[Teluthiel]

If you are a multiclassed spellcaster and a feat has a caster level as a prerequisite, is the caster level the combined lever of all your spellcasting classes? Or just one?

[Dr. Narsius Blote IV]

Just one.

[Schrödinger's Dragon]

Your caster levels are kept separate from each other, so if you were a Sorc 5/Bard 3, you would have a caster level of 5 for your sorcerer spells but a caster level of 3 for your bard spells. This same logic applies with feats, so only your highest caster level is really relevant for qualifying for feats (or determining their effect, in the case of something like Arcane Strike).

There are a few ways to raise your effective caster level though, most notably an Orange Prism Ioun Stone or Magical Knack trait.

[Teluthiel]

thanks for the help

[Conjoy]

The exception might be if you are qualifying for Improved Familiar and have two Arcane Classes that level your Familiar. eg a level of Witch and then 4 of Wizard.