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Offline Suzerain

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Monsters with innate spellcasting
« on: November 25, 2011, 02:17:31 AM »
One day I thought a list of monsters with associated spellcasting might be handy. For DMs who want to challenge their players, and for players in gestalt games with too much ECL on their hands.

Another use that is slightly more broken is to use polymorph, manipulate form or acquire special quality/attack to gain one of these. Although I didn't know why at the time, this preliminary list is sorted according to type (which is useful info for polymorph). Note: Only Arkamoi, Hobgoblin Warcaster, Hobgoblin Warsoul (MMV) and Lilitu (FCI) have (Ex) spellcasting and are completely kosher for this sort of thing.

Sources covered so far:
  • MMI, MMII, MIII, MMIV, MMV
  • Epic Level Handbook / Epic SRD section
  • Fiend Folio
  • Fiendish Codex I (thanks Emy)
  • Book of Exalted Deeds (thanks salt_crow)
  • Forgotten Realms - Underdark (thanks ksbsnowowl)
  • Lords of Madness & XPH (thanks Agita)
  • Bestiary of Krynn (thanks Ivory Knight)

I'd be happy to have your additions.

Link to old thread: [BG] Monsters with innate spellcasting


For players looking to play these races: The ECL-SPL column includes ECL - spellcaster level. A rating of 0-1 is excellent, 2-3 is good, the rest is mediocre to outright garbage. If the number is marked with a "b", it's possible to buy off one LA in a ECL20 build. If it is marked with "bb", two LA can be bought off.

Name                        Spellcasting/Manifesting   Type                    HD      LA      CR      ECL-SPLSource
Drider6th lvl Cleric or Sorc or WizAbberation6+474SRD
Elder Brain20th lvl SorcererAbberation26—25—LoM
Elder Brain, Psionic20th lvl TelepathAbberation26—25—LoM
Ethergaunt, Black17th lvl WizardAbberation16+4173FF
Ethergaunt, Red9th lvl WizardAbberation5+793FF
Ethergaunt, White13th lvl WizardAbberation11+5133FF
Mind Flayer, Psionic9th lvl TelepathAbberation8+786MMI/XPH
Mind Flayer, Ulitharid Psionic13th lvl TelepathAbberation12+9126LoM
Naga, Dark7th lvl SorcererAbberation9—8—SRD
Naga, Guardian9th lvl Sorcerer1Abberation11—10—SRD
Naga, Spirit7th lvl Sorcerer1Abberation9—9—SRD
Naga, Water7th lvl SorcererAbberation7—7—SRD
Draconian, Vapor4th lvl MysticDragon4+353bBestiary of Krynn
Draconian, Lightning6th lvl PaladinDragon6+575Bestiary of Krynn
Linnorm, Corpse Tearer17th lvl ClericDragon28—28—MMII
Linnorm, Dread18th lvl SorcererDragon20—25—MMII
Linnorm, Gray17th lvl ClericDragon13—20—MMII
Tylor5th lvl SorcererDragon7+2264bbBestiary of Krynn
Elemental Weird18th lvl SorcererElemental15—12—MMII
Immoth12th lvl SorcererElemental10+697MMII
Cheshire Cat3rd lvl SorcererFey3+333bbWeb
Gloura7th lvl BardFey7+272bbUnd
Huldrefolk8th lvl SorcererFey6+886Bestiary of Krynn
Nymph7th lvl DruidFey6+776SRD
Fensir5th lvl WizardGiant4+554FF
Androsphinx6th lvl ClericMagical Beast12+5 2911SRD
Aranea3rd lvl SorcererMagical Beast3+444bbSRD
Arcanist Varrangoin9th lvl WizardMagical Beast8? 711—FF
Chronotyryn12th lvl SorcererMagical Beast17? 619—FF
Lammasu7th lvl ClericMagical Beast7+585SRD
Spirit of the Air7th lvl ClericMagical Beast11? 611—FF
Threskisphinx6th lvl DruidMagical Beast10+5 289Sand
Abeil Queen16th lvl DruidMonstr. Humanoid13—12—MMII
Arkamoi4th lvl Sorcerer (Ex)Monstr. Humanoid4+444bMMV
Hobgoblin Warcaster4th lvl Wizard (Ex)Monstr. Humanoid4+343bMMV
Hobgoblin Warsoul9th lvl Wizard (Ex)Monstr. Humanoid10+485MMV
Jackal Lord8th lvl ClericMonstr. Humanoid8+484FF
Kyrie3rd lvl MysticMonstr. Humanoid4+324bBeastiary of Krynn
Marrutact5th lvl WizardMonstr. Humanoid7+355bSand
Protean Scourge8th lvl SorcererMonstr. Humanoid13—12—MMIII
Redspawn Arcaniss6th lvl SorcererMonstr. Humanoid8+466bMMIV
Spell Weaver12th lvl Sorcerer3Monstr. Humanoid10+7105MMII
Unbodied4th lvl TelepathMonstr. Humanoid4+444bXPH
Arcanaloth9th lvl SorcererOutsider12+71710MMII
Couatl9th lvl Sorcerer1Outsider9+7107SRD
Firre (Eladrin)12th lvl ClericOutsider8+10106BoED
Formian Queen17th lvl SorcererOutsider20—17—SRD
Ghaele (Eladrin)12th lvl ClericOutsider10+10138SRD/SS
Klurichir (Tanar'ri)10th lvl SorcererOutsider20? 625—FF
Lilitu (Tanar'ri)9th lvl Cleric4 (Ex)Outsider14—12—FCI
Lillend6th lvl BardOutsider7+67—SRD
Planetar17th lvl ClericOutsider14—16—SRD
Rakshasa7th lvl SorcererOutsider7+7107SRD
Rakshasa, Ak'chazar12th lvl SorcererOutsider17+51510MMIII
Shator8th lvl SorcererOutsider15? 616—FF
Solar20th lvl ClericOutsider22—23—SRD
Sylph7th lvl Sorcerer5Outsider3+551MMII
Trumpet Archon14th lvl ClericOutsider12+8146SRD
Ursinal (Guardinal)12th lvl WizardOutsider10+8106BoED
Bone Naga14th lvl SorcererUndead15—11—MMII
Icegaunt5h lvl Druid (no fire spells)Undead10—6—Frost

1 can also choose from the cleric list
2 (cohort)
3 actually it's HD+2, with a maximum of 30 racial HD
4 uses Cha as casting stat, no spontaneous cure/inflict
5 actually it's HD+4, with a maximum of 9 racial HD
6 LA was not mentioned in 3.5 booklets updating FF (not even LA —)
7 same as 6, but can advance by character class (should have had an LA listed)

Special mention:
True Dragons (various), various casting abilities. See dragon PC races.
Phaerimm (LEoF), sorcerer casting equal to "character level" as SLAs
Sharn (Anauroch: The Empire of Shade), 6th/6th sorcerer/favored soul casting; 4HD, +5LA, CR8; cast spells as SLAs; can't be polymorphed into
Swarms (various); hive-minds gain sorcerer casting according to the number of individuals in a swarm; Cranium Rat Swarms (FF) gain psion casting of choice


Here is a list of domains accessible by monsters with cleric casting or sorcerer casting with clerical access. A (list) entry means that the domains' spells are added to that monster's spell list.

Domain access
NameDomains
Drider (cleric casting only)Two of: Chaos, Destruction, Evil, Trickery
Naga, GuardianGood and Law (list)
Naga, SpiritChaos and Evil (list)
Linnorm, Corpse TearerDestruction and Evil (list)
Linnorm, GrayDestruction and Evil (list)
AndrosphinxTwo of: Good, Healing, Protection
LammasuTwo of: Good, Healing, Knowledge, Law
Spirit of the AirAir and Luck
Jackal LordAnimal and Evil
CouatlAir, Good, and Law (list)
Firre (Eladrin)Chaos, Fire, Good, and Magic (list)
Ghaele (Eladrin)Two of: Air, Animal, Chaos, Good, Plant, (deity's domains)
Lilitu (Tanar'ri)Demonic and Trickery
PlanetarTwo of: Air, Destruction, Good, Law, War, (deity's domains)
SolarTwo of: Air, Destruction, Good, Law, War, (deity's domains)
Trumpet ArchonTwo of: Air, Destruction, Good, Law, War, (deity's domains)

Epic stuff:
Name                        Spellcasting                Type                          HD      LA      CR      Source
Ha-Naga21st lvl SorcererAbberation20—22ELH/SRD
Neh-Thalggu (Brain Collector)13th lvl SorcererAbberation32—26ELH/SRD
Titan, Elder29th lvl Wizard or ClericOutsider70—30ELH/SRD


What's still to come?
  • I will add the domain information that's contained in my spreadsheet eventually. Done. 2012/11/28
  • Will now work on ECL-spellcasting column. Done. 2011/11/25
« Last Edit: February 14, 2013, 10:50:57 AM by Suzerain »
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Re: Monsters with innate spellcasting
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2011, 05:13:11 AM »
Well, it's been a few days, I guess I'll go.. these should fit nicely into your table

Artaaglith(Demon) 5th lvl ClericOutsider5—CR—Ghostwalk
Decaton(Hierarch Modron) 10th lvl ClericOutsider10—8—PWE
Nonaton(Hierarch Modron) 12th lvl ClericOutsider11—10—PWE
Octon(Hierarch Modron) 14th lvl ClericOutsider12—11—PWE
Septon(Hierarch Modron) 16th lvl Cleric and 12th lvl SorcererOutsider13—12—PWE
Hexton(Hierarch Modron) 18th lvl ClericOutsider14—13—PWE
Quinton(Hierarch Modron) 20th lvl ClericOutsider15—14—PWE
Quarton(Hierarch Modron) 20th lvl ClericOutsider16—15—PWE
Tertian(Hierarch Modron) 20th lvl Cleric and 20th lvl SorcererOutsider17—16—PWE
Secundus(Hierarch Modron) 20th lvl Cleric and 20th lvl SorcererOutsider18—19—PWE

PWE = Manual of the Planes Web Enhancement
Those modrons also have a ton of spell-likes and some psionics too
NOTE:yes, these modrons are 3.0 and Dragon (IIRC) updated modrons to 3.5 but I like these better  :plotting
AFB right now, will update that ghostwalk guy's CR later
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Re: Monsters with innate spellcasting
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2011, 01:12:12 AM »
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Re: Monsters with innate spellcasting
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2011, 02:22:13 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyMayHymn on November 30, 2011, 05:13:11 AM
Well, it's been a few days, I guess I'll go.. these should fit nicely into your table

Artaaglith(Demon) 5th lvl ClericOutsider5—CR—Ghostwalk
Decaton(Hierarch Modron) 10th lvl ClericOutsider10—8—PWE
Nonaton(Hierarch Modron) 12th lvl ClericOutsider11—10—PWE
Octon(Hierarch Modron) 14th lvl ClericOutsider12—11—PWE
Septon(Hierarch Modron) 16th lvl Cleric and 12th lvl SorcererOutsider13—12—PWE
Hexton(Hierarch Modron) 18th lvl ClericOutsider14—13—PWE
Quinton(Hierarch Modron) 20th lvl ClericOutsider15—14—PWE
Quarton(Hierarch Modron) 20th lvl ClericOutsider16—15—PWE
Tertian(Hierarch Modron) 20th lvl Cleric and 20th lvl SorcererOutsider17—16—PWE
Secundus(Hierarch Modron) 20th lvl Cleric and 20th lvl SorcererOutsider18—19—PWE

PWE = Manual of the Planes Web Enhancement
Those modrons also have a ton of spell-likes and some psionics too
NOTE:yes, these modrons are 3.0 and Dragon (IIRC) updated modrons to 3.5 but I like these better  :plotting
AFB right now, will update that ghostwalk guy's CR later

Err. See, I'm the last one to want to rain on anyone's parade, but... sorry, I can't accept 3.0 material that has actually been updated to 3.5. If they're identical (for the purposes of this thread) and you just want the source to be Manual of the Planes, please say so. I will mention it, but I also want the Issue of the Dragon that updates them.
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Re: Monsters with innate spellcasting
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2011, 03:16:15 PM »
Quote from: Suzerain on December 02, 2011, 02:22:13 PM
Quote from: JohnnyMayHymn on November 30, 2011, 05:13:11 AM
Well, it's been a few days, I guess I'll go.. these should fit nicely into your table

Artaaglith(Demon) 5th lvl ClericOutsider5—CR—Ghostwalk
Decaton(Hierarch Modron) 10th lvl ClericOutsider10—8—PWE
Nonaton(Hierarch Modron) 12th lvl ClericOutsider11—10—PWE
Octon(Hierarch Modron) 14th lvl ClericOutsider12—11—PWE
Septon(Hierarch Modron) 16th lvl Cleric and 12th lvl SorcererOutsider13—12—PWE
Hexton(Hierarch Modron) 18th lvl ClericOutsider14—13—PWE
Quinton(Hierarch Modron) 20th lvl ClericOutsider15—14—PWE
Quarton(Hierarch Modron) 20th lvl ClericOutsider16—15—PWE
Tertian(Hierarch Modron) 20th lvl Cleric and 20th lvl SorcererOutsider17—16—PWE
Secundus(Hierarch Modron) 20th lvl Cleric and 20th lvl SorcererOutsider18—19—PWE

PWE = Manual of the Planes Web Enhancement
Those modrons also have a ton of spell-likes and some psionics too
NOTE:yes, these modrons are 3.0 and Dragon (IIRC) updated modrons to 3.5 but I like these better  :plotting
AFB right now, will update that ghostwalk guy's CR later

Err. See, I'm the last one to want to rain on anyone's parade, but... sorry, I can't accept 3.0 material that has actually been updated to 3.5. If they're identical (for the purposes of this thread) and you just want the source to be Manual of the Planes, please say so. I will mention it, but I also want the Issue of the Dragon that updates them.

The Modrons were updated in Dragon 354, but it didn't touch any of the hierarchs, just the lower 5.  As far as I know, the MoP WE is still the only source for those.
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Re: Monsters with innate spellcasting
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