Spell Focus and Spell-Like Abilities

[phillipjp]

If you apply levels to a monster and add a Spell Focus feat, does that affect innate spell-like abilities? For example, if you add Spell Focus (Enchantment) to a Succubus, does the DC for her Charm Monster go up by 2?

 

[Dr. Zoom]

No, Spell Focus only affects spells. Spell-like abilities, though similar in many respects, are not spells.

 

[gfunk]

However, there are variant rules that allow you to add +2 to the DC of one of your spell-like abilities. In Monte Cook's recent Banewarren's web enhancement, the illithid used this to increase the DC of his Mind Blast.

http://www.montecook.com/arch_stuff22.html

 

[pontus]

I noticed that the Ultroloth in Manual of The Planes has the Spell Focus (Enchantment) feat for boosting some of its spell-like abilities. If an Ultroloth took wizard levels, would its wizard spells from the Enchantment school also be affected by the Spell Focus, or do you have to choose the feat for either spell-like abilities or real spells? Can all creatures boost their spell-like abilities with the Spell Focus feat?

Anything from that school would be affected.

Is the answer I got from WotC customer service.

 

[the Jester]

This is an interesting topic. Has anyone seen a "Spell-Like Ability Focus" feat anywhere?

 

[AuraSeer]

This monster from the WOTC website has a feat called "Ability Focus," which adds +2 to the DC of a given special attack.

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