
prospurring |
Thank you, Cordell, for your interpretation. I realize that Rangers do not gain the Warden Spells class feature until they gain their first Warden Spell.
The Snare Hopping Feat grants the Ranger the "snare hopping warden spell." Therefore, it would be granting that first Warden Spell.
I assume that the "Warden Spells sidebar" that you're referring to is the one in the Advanced Players Guide (APG), on page 133, in the additional Ranger feats section.
"Certain feats {such as the Snare Hopping Feat} grant you warden spells {like the snare hopping warden spell}, which are a type of focus spells. It costs 1 Focus Point (FP) to cast a focus spell. When you gain your first warden spell {in this case, the Snare Hopping Feat}, you also gain a focus pool of 1 FP."
The Snare Hopping Feat itself is shown on APG, p.132:
"Snare Hopping - Feat 2
Prerequisites: Snare Crafting, warden spells
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You can magically move your snare around. You gain the snare hopping warden spell (page 235). Increase the number of Focus Points in your focus pool by 1."
I would argue that the warden spell feats at Level 1 gain a focus pool of 1 Focus Point, because they are Level 1.
The Snare Hopping Feat, at Level 2, says "increase the number" because you may already have a pool. If you don't, increasing the number" of Focus Points from 0 to 1, still grants you 1 Focus Point.
And, in the APG, p.235:
"Snare Hopping - Focus 1
Cast 2-action somatic, verbal
Range: 10 feet; Targets one snare you built
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You may not have placed your snare in the right place, but you can magically move it there. You teleport the target snare to another unoccupied location in range.
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Heightened (+1) The range of the spell increases by 10 feet."
It is specifically listed as a Focus 1 spell, as in a 1st-Level Focus Spell aka a 1st-Level Warden Spell.
Again, my take on this is that taking the Snare Hopping Feat at Level 2 for a Ranger doesn't require taking the Gravity Weapon Feat or the Heal Companion Feat.
I'm looking for something specific in the rules (book and page number) that states that I would have to take one of those before the Snare Hopping Feat.
P.S. I can't find anything about this specific topic in the Paizo Pathfinder 2e Advanced Player Guide errata either.