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I am in the process of creating a custom item and I have hit another snag. This time with the spell I'm putting on it: Divine insight (1/day command word activate).
For reference this is the part I'm having trouble with:
This spell grants you an insight bonus equal to 5 + your caster level (maximum bonus of +15) on any single skill check.
So my question is, when activated from a magical item, does the Bonus applied use my own caster level or the items caster level?
The item’s caster level, which you have to pay for since the formula for a 1/day command-word items is \$spell\ level \times caster\ level \times 1,800\text{ gp} \div 5\$. The only items that allow you to use your own stats to activate a magical effect are psicrowns, scepters (Lost Empires of Faerûn), and staves.
