Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Wrong number of spell slots?

Couple of things to note:

- Spell slots in 5e are capped at 4 for 1st level (3 for levels 2-5). So you will never with any class set up have 5 level 1 spell slots (Besides utilizing Warlock's unique spell slots)

- EK is one third caster not one half, so gets spell levels every 3rd level not every 2nd level.

Spell slots are not lost for multiclassing. You get what you earn. It's just that there are 3 types of casters;

- Full casters, whom get 1 Effective Spellcaster Level per 1 class level.
- Half casters whom get 0.5 Effective Spellcaster Level per 1 class level.
- Third Casters whom get 0.33 Effective Spellcaster Level per 1 class level.

Obtaining new spell slots only occurs when you gain a new Effective Spellcaster Level and partial ESL is ALWAYS rounded down (Per spell caster type - I.e. Having 1 level of Paladin for 0.5 ESL and 2 levels of EK for 0.66 ESL will actually both be rounded down to 0 each. While you can mix between caster types such as 1 Paladin + 1 Ranger or 2 EK and 1 AT)

However, it seems in your case that it's merely a instance of not realizing EK is only 1/3 caster instead of 1/2. (Hint: Fighter and Rogue get their subclass at 3rd level because that is when they receive their first ESL when picking EK/AT)