Spell Focus

[Pinotage]

Can creatures with spell-like abilities take Spell Focus as a feat?

Thanks!

Pinotage

 

[Henrix]

Certainly, but it would do them no good unless they alos cast spells, as Spell Focus adds to the DC of spells.

They can take Ability focus, though, which adds 2 to the DC of a specific ability. It's in the MM.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Yes, they can.

It doesn't do them much good, however, since Spell Focus:

SPELL FOCUS [GENERAL]

Choose a school of magic.

Benefit: Add +1 to the Difficulty Class for all saving throws against spells from the school of magic you select.

Special: You can gain this feat multiple times. Its effects do not stack. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a new school of magic.

It has no prereqs and is a general feat, so anyone can take it - even stock human fighters.

The feat you probably want is Ability Focus:

ABILITY FOCUS [GENERAL]

Choose one of the creature’s special attacks.

Prerequisite: Special attack.

Benefit: Add +2 to the DC for all saving throws against the special attack on which the creature focuses.

Special: A creature can gain this feat multiple times. Its effects do not stack. Each time the creature takes the feat it applies to a different special attack.

 

[Pinotage]

So you need Ability Focus to increase the save DC of a spell-like ability? And then only one given spell-like ability at a time? Presumably Spell Focus would still be a valid prerequisite for a monster caster that wants Augment Summoning, even though for their spell-like abilities it wouldn't count?

What I was briefly interested in was using augment summoning to beef up critters summoned via Summon Demon or Summon Devil.

Pinotage

 

[Henrix]

Augment Summoning has an effect very similar to Spell Focus, it augments creatures conjured with a summon spell.


I'd say go ahead and invent a similar feat for your demons, but which works with spell-like abilities.

 

[Pinotage]

Augment Summoning has an effect very similar to Spell Focus, it augments creatures conjured with a summon spell.


I'd say go ahead and invent a similar feat for your demons, but which works with spell-like abilities.

Hmm. That's probably the best idea.

Thanks!

Pinotage

 

[lukelightning]

Remember that Ability Focus gives +2 to the DC, because it is, well, focused. Spell Focus is only +1 because it applies to a whole range of spells. If you make an ability to boost all a creatures SLA DCs, I'd only give them a +1.

 

[Infiniti2000]

Also, keep in mind that the Summon ability has a much longer duration that Summon Monster spells. If you allow the same benefit with augment summoning for the Summon ability, I don't think it would be balanced. I suggest further modifying it to be +2 instead of +4, with perhaps a greater agumented summoning feat for an additional +2. Just a thought.