How Many Focus Point

[Saint Bernard]

My paladin has both Lay on Hands and Weapon Surge. I believe the character should have 2 focus points. Is this correct?

[albadeon]

No.

CRB p.300: "You automatically gain a focus pool of 1 Focus Point the first time you gain an ability that gives you a focus spell. [...] Some abilities allow you to increase the Focus Points in your pool beyond 1. Typically, these are feats that give you a new focus spell and increase the number of points in your pool by 1"

I assume, you obtained the Weapon surge through the Deity's Domain class feat? That does not mention getting another focus point.

Compare the 8th level class feat Advanced Deity's Domain, which does.

[tivadar27]

Hmm, I thought this was wrong. I thought they stated any ability that gave you a focus spell also gave you a focus point... But I'm likely/could be wrong. Also part of the text on page 302:
"If you have multiple abilities that give
you a focus pool, each one adds 1 Focus Point to your pool.
For instance, if you were a cleric with the Domain Initiate
feat, you would have a pool with 1 Focus Point. Let’s say
you then took the champion multiclass archetype and the
Healing Touch feat. Normally, this feat would give you a
focus pool. Since you already have one, it instead increases
your existing pool’s capacity by 1."

This states if you have multiple abilities that give you focus pools, they're addative.

[HammerJack]

It does... but only the first ability in the class gave you a focus pool. So weapon surge is not in that category.

[albadeon]

Yes, the Deity's Domain class feat does not give you a focus pool, only another devotion spell to be used with your focus point.

For more points you need to either gain a different ability that gives you a focus pool (usually through archetypes), or a feat that specifically gets you an additional focus point.

[HawaiianBiker]

The creators of the game answered:
If you gain something that requires a focus point to use, you gain a focus point (max 3).

Example: a L4 fighter has the feats champion dedication and deity's domain has a focus point (pool of 1 point).

[HammerJack]

HawaiianBiker wrote:

The creators of the game answered:

If you gain something that requires a focus point to use, you gain a focus point (max 3).

Example: a L4 fighter has the feats champion dedication and deity's domain has a focus point (pool of 1 point).

This thread was from 2019. The rules regarding gaining focus points have changed since then.