Does preferred spell work with other spell lists?

[Sangalor]

I would like your opinion on this. Here is the feat description:

Preferred Spell wrote:

You find it very easy to cast one particular spell.

Prerequisites: Spellcraft 5 ranks, Heighten Spell.

Benefit: Choose one spell which you have the ability to cast. You can cast that spell spontaneously by sacrificing a prepared spell or spell slot of equal or higher level. You can apply any metamagic feats you possess to this spell when you cast it. This increases the minimum level of the prepared spell or spell slot you must sacrifice in order to cast it but does not affect the casting time.

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

Note that it does not say you have to expand a spell slot/spell from the same spell list or even that it has to be an arcane/divine spell slot/spell you sacrifice if you use the feat to cast an arcane/divine spell respectively.

So the way I read it it means that
a) an arcane caster x/arcane caster y
b) a divine caster x/divine caster y
c) arcane caster x/divine caster y
would all be able to sacrifice a spell slot/spell from their y spell slots to cast a preferred spell from the x list - and vice versa.
This can be pretty interesting for spells that you want to spam a lot and that are not of too high a level, particularly when combined with magical lineage and other metamagic feats like elemental/intensify/etc. spell.
Particularly prestige classes with dual progression like the mystic theurge would profit from that.

What do you think?

[Atarlost]

I don't think it's meant to let you cast a spell with a slot that you can't prepare it in, but there is no class attached to the feat nor are there arcane/divine restrictions. A Druid 3/Wizard 3 would be able to use preferred spell: flaming sphere to cast from either list, but a Cleric 3/Wizard 3 would only be able to cast it from wizard slots because it can't be prepared in cleric slots.

Your interpretation looks right by RAW though.

[Sangalor]

Atarlost wrote:

I don't think it's meant to let you cast a spell with a slot that you can't prepare it in, but there is no class attached to the feat nor are there arcane/divine restrictions. A Druid 3/Wizard 3 would be able to use preferred spell: flaming sphere to cast from either list, but a Cleric 3/Wizard 3 would only be able to cast it from wizard slots because it can't be prepared in cleric slots.

Your interpretation looks right by RAW though.

Thanks for your feedback. I had not realized this potential use until a short time ago, so I am looking for more opinions on that :-)

I also wouldn't consider it to be overpowered, you are expending at least two feats for a single spell and are heavily specialized - often this can be negated with counterspelling...

But it does increase the value of the feat :-)

[Atarlost]

Sangalor wrote:

I also wouldn't consider it to be overpowered, you are expending at least two feats for a single spell and are heavily specialized - often this can be negated with counterspelling...

This is a Paizo feat though. I'm sure RAI is the interpretation least friendly to multiclassing.