Advancing Monster Question. [Archive] - Wizards Community

Advancing Monster Question. [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Draegun Fury
02-09-06, 08:30 AM Hey, just a question, does advancing a monster increase it's Spellcasting ability?
If so in what ways?

Thanks.
runestar
02-09-06, 08:48 AM It depends on how the entry is worded. If it states that the monster casts spells as a caster of X lv, where X is some constant, then no, advancing in monster HD will not advance its spellcasting. This pertains to most of the monsters in the MM, such as ghaele/coautl etc. Thus, even if a coautl takes additonal outsider HD, it will still cast as a 9th lv sorc.

If the entry explicitly states that it casts spells as a caster equal to its number of HD, then its spellcasting will scale as it advances in HD. But the number of monsters which state this is quite rare. I only know of 2, spellweaver and sharn. More may exist though, though they are more of an exception rather than the norm.
Alac Luin
02-09-06, 09:03 AM You can usually advance a monsters spellcasting by adding class levels insted of adding racial hit die.
BelRex
02-09-06, 09:43 AM But the number of monsters which state this is quite rare. I only know of 2, spellweaver and sharn. More may exist though, though they are more of an exception rather than the norm.

I'll add the Slyph(MM2) to your list.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Draegun Fury 02-09-06, 08:30 AM	Hey, just a question, does advancing a monster increase it's Spellcasting ability? If so in what ways? Thanks.
runestar 02-09-06, 08:48 AM	It depends on how the entry is worded. If it states that the monster casts spells as a caster of X lv, where X is some constant, then no, advancing in monster HD will not advance its spellcasting. This pertains to most of the monsters in the MM, such as ghaele/coautl etc. Thus, even if a coautl takes additonal outsider HD, it will still cast as a 9th lv sorc. If the entry explicitly states that it casts spells as a caster equal to its number of HD, then its spellcasting will scale as it advances in HD. But the number of monsters which state this is quite rare. I only know of 2, spellweaver and sharn. More may exist though, though they are more of an exception rather than the norm.
Alac Luin 02-09-06, 09:03 AM	You can usually advance a monsters spellcasting by adding class levels insted of adding racial hit die.
BelRex 02-09-06, 09:43 AM	But the number of monsters which state this is quite rare. I only know of 2, spellweaver and sharn. More may exist though, though they are more of an exception rather than the norm. I'll add the Slyph(MM2) to your list.