Bard cant take spell focus at lvl 1

[Gloomy_Sunday]

Hi,

The NWN wiki says of the Spell Focus feat:

'Spontaneous casters (bards and sorcerers) can take this feat without being able to cast first level spells as long as their class level qualifies for at least 0 level one spell slots (that is, even if their casting ability is too low to actually cast a level one spell).'

However when I make a bard this feat is not available.

Has this been changed for COA? And if so is it documented somewhere as I couldnt find it.

Thanks

[foamcastle]

@gloomy_sunday Maybe the reason is bards get zero level one base spells at level two.

[Gloomy_Sunday]

@foamcastle

This is the case in the base game too, yet SF is a feat they can choose on creation. Could be that it changed when the bard spell progression was altered on the server, but ive not been able to find anything documenting this.

[SpiffyMeister]

@gloomy_sunday bards cannot take it at first level as you need 1st circle spells afaik?

I'll add it to my list of things to check.

[Gloomy_Sunday]

@spiffymeister

Hi Spiffy, thanks for taking a look at this. Thats what I assumed too, but Sorcs can take it at 1st lvl despite not having 1st circle spells, and was sure ive had bards in the past take sf:enchantment at 1st, though cant confirm that either.

[SpiffyMeister]

@gloomy_sunday https://nwn.fandom.com/wiki/Spell_focus?so=search

Need to cast 1st circle spells, bards get that at level 2

[Prof. Misclick]

@gloomy_sunday said in Bard cant take spell focus at lvl 1:

@spiffymeister

Hi Spiffy, thanks for taking a look at this. Thats what I assumed too, but Sorcs can take it at 1st lvl despite not having 1st circle spells, and was sure ive had bards in the past take sf:enchantment at 1st, though cant confirm that either.

Sorcerers get level 1 spells at 1st level. Nothing was changed on bards to disallow this feat selection. Spell progression modifications does not take effect until the higher level bards anyhow.

Hope this helps