Occultism must have?

[Atalius]

Does a Bard need to have Occultism in order to learn spells when he advances in level? Or do you automatically add spells to your repertoire without needing to use the Learn a Spell ability? I'm contemplating whether I can have a 10 INT and be ok as a Bard, or if it needs advancing every 5 levels.

[Baarogue]

If you're happy to stick to common spells, you gain a spell automatically whenever it says you do. If you want to learn other spells you encounter in the world, or anything rarer than common, you need to Learn a Spell via the appropriate skill.

[Henro]

And the same is true for any caster - sorcerers need to learn uncommon and rare spells via Learn a Spell before they can add them to their spell repertoire, and druids need to do so too to pick such spells during daily preparation.

I don't think it's mandatory - the list of common spells is big. However, it is clearly a good choice for casters.

[SuperBidi]

Atalius wrote:

Does a Bard need to have Occultism

A Bard is Trained in Occultism by default.

A Bard can choose not to increase Occultism, I could see reasons for that, but without reasons, I would find that weird. Occultism and Performance are your 2 main class skills.

[Claxon]

SuperBidi wrote:

Atalius wrote:

Does a Bard need to have Occultism

A Bard is Trained in Occultism by default.

A Bard can choose not to increase Occultism, I could see reasons for that, but without reasons, I would find that weird. Occultism and Performance are your 2 main class skills.

A bard I built kept Occultism at trained only, and pursued Legendary in Performance, Diplomacy, and Deception. The character was a Maestro Muse and didn't pick up an additional muse.

Unless you pick up the Engima muse which focuses around Bardic lore I see little reason to spend your precious few skill increases on Occultism.