I'm trying to map out a character's progression, and have run into an interesting question. He is an Animal order Druid, often uses his Heal Animal Order Spell. He has a few ways of potentially obtaining/recovering focus points (Familiar ability, Gnome ancestry feat, Druid's Vestments at level 10). However, his Focus Pool starts each day at 1 point, because he only has the initial order spell.
Looking at the text of Wild Focus: "If you have spent at least 2 Focus Points since the last time you Refocused, you recover 2 Focus Points when you Refocus instead of 1." Well, with the above ways to gain/regain focus, it is easy enough to spend 2 Focus from my pool of 1 focus point before refocusing. So my question: Is the size of ones focus pool intended to be the normal limit, or is it just the starting point, which can be exceeded with the various focus-regaining class feats?
Umm if you spend 1, refocus then spend 1 you still have only spent one since you last refocused.
But I'm not refocusing. Spend 1. Use my Druid's Vestments to get a temporary point. Spend it. Now I have spent 2 since I've last refocused.
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Unfortunately, your Focus Pool is limited by the size of the pool. There is no way to "overcharge" your focus pool.
Even if you somehow spent 2 focus points before refocusing, Primal Focus would have no effect, since your focus pool would still be capped at 1, making it a wasted feat.
Edit: The only way an ability could add "extra" points to your pool is if that ability specified that it did so. No free lunches.
There is also the wording of Primal Focus to consider.
Your connection to nature is particularly strong, and the
spirits of nature flock around you, helping you replenish your
focus. If you have spent at least 2 Focus Points since the last
time you Refocused, you recover 2 Focus Points when you
Refocus instead of 1.
Note that it doesn't state that you "add" focus points to your pool. Instead it states that you recover those points. If you are recovering something, it is something you had. You never had more than a single point in your pool at one time, and so couldn't recover more than a single point.
This is the same reasoning that stops a healing spell from over healing you and giving you bonus hit points.
Note that it doesn't state that you "add" focus points to your pool. Instead it states that you recover those points.
I'm inclined to agree. I think the wording could have been improved/made more explicit, or maybe the Focus/Wellspring feats could have had prerequisites of Focus Pools of size 2/3.
Mostly, the strongest evidence I've seen comes from the Familiar Focus ability, which I've just re-read. It says 'Once per day, your familiar can use 2 actions with the concentrate trait to regain 1 Focus Point, up to your usual maximum." I hadn't seen that language elsewhere, but that's enough to convince me of the intent. Maybe this could use a FAQ, but that's up to the design team and how they want to handle it.