Complete list of Innate Spellcasting? [3.0/3.5/PF]

[Tanuki Tales]

Abeil Queen: 16th Druid Casting [MM II]
Ak'Chazar Rakshasa: 12th Sorcerer [MM III]
AndroSphinx: 6th Cleric Casting [MM]
Aranea: 3rd Sorcerer Casting [MM]
Arcanaloth: 12th Sorcerer Casting [MM II]
Arkemoi: 4th level Sorcerer Casting [MM5]
Artaaglith: 5th level Cleric casting [GW]
Chronotyryn: 12th level Sorcerer casting [FF]
Cloaker, Shadowcloak Elder: 7th Sorcerer Casting [LoM]
Corpse Tearer: 17th Cleric Casting [MM II]
Couatl: 9th Sorcerer Casting [MM/Beastiary]
Cranium Rat Swarm: 4th level Sorcerer casting [FF]
Cranium Rat Swarm, Greater: 10th level Sorcerer casting [FF]
Dread Linnorm: 18th Sorcerer Casting [MM II]
Drider: 6th Wizard, Sorcerer or Cleric Casting (PF only) [Beastiary]
Elder Brain: 20th level Sorcerer casting [LoM]
Elemental Weird: 18th Sorcerer Casting [MM II/Fr]
Ethergaunt, black: 17th level Wizard casting [FF]
Ethergaunt, red: 9th level Wizard casting [FF]
Ethergaunt, white: 13th level Wizard casting [FF]
Fensir: 5th level Wizard Casting [FF]
Firre: 12th level Cleric casting [BoED]
Formian Queen: 17th Sorcerer Casting [MM]
Ghaele: 14th Cleric Casting (13th in Pathfinder) [MM/Beastiary]
Gloura: 7th Bard Casting [Und]
Gray Linnorm: 17th Cleric Casting [MM II]
Hebbi-no-onna: 14th level Sorcerer casting [OA]
Hobgoblin Warcaster: 4th Wizard Casting [MM V]
Hobgoblin Warsoul: 9th Wizard Casting [MM V]
Icegaunt: 5th level Druid casting [Fr]
Immoth: 12th Sorcerer Casting [MM II]
Ki-rin: 18th level Sorcerer casting [OA]
Klurichir: 10th level Sorcerer casting [FF]
Lammasu: 7th Cleric Casting [MM/Beastiary]
Lilitu: 9th level Cleric Casting [FC1]
Lillend: 6th Bard Casting (7th in Pathfinder) [MM/Beastiary]
Marrutact: 5th level Wizard casting [Sand]
Monster of Legend template: Grants 5th Cleric Casting [MM II]
Naga: Depends on type[*]
Neh-Thalggu: 1-13th Sorcerer Casting (Depends on brains consumed) [ELH]
Nymph: 7th Druid Casting [MM/Beastiary]
Oni, Me-zu: 10th level Wu-jen casting [OA]
Planetar: 17th Cleric Casting (16th in Pathfinder) [MM/Beastiary]
Protean Scourge: 8th Sorcerer Casting [MM III]
Rakshasa: 7th Sorcerer Casting [MM/Beastiary]
Redspawn Arcaniss: 6th level Sorcerer Casting [MM4]
Shinomen Naga, Cobra: 3rd level Shugenja casting [OA]
Slyph: 4 higher than HD Sorcerer Casting [MM II]
Solar: 20th Cleric Casting [MM/Beastiary]
Spell Weaver: 2 higher than HD Sorcerer Casting [MM II]
Spirit of the Air: 7th level Cleric casting [FF]
Tengu, Human-headed: 5th level Air Shugenja casting [OA]
Threskisphinx: 6th level Druid casting [Sand]
True Dragons: Depends on Age Category[*]
Trumpet Archon: 14th Cleric Casting [MM/Beastiary]
Ursinal: 12th level Wizard casting [BoED]
Varrangoin, Arcanist: 9th level Wizard casting [FF]


*True Dragons/Naga appear in multiple books and I will go through add each type as time permits.

[Zeta Kai]

Is there any complete list of monsters that have innate spellcasting (like the Naga or dragons) and which books they are from?

Not to my knowledge. Sinfire Titan might know; lists are his thing.

[Tanuki Tales]

Not to my knowledge. Sinfire Titan might know; lists are his thing.

Well if not and no one else plans on making one, anyone object to turning this thread into such a list?

[deuxhero]

I know I'm going to get Ninjaed on this but.

A quick skim of the SRD
True Dragons: Sorcerer with cleric spells and various domains. Level depends on age catagory.
Rakshasa: 7th level Sorc.
Planetar: 17th level Cleric.
Solar:20th level Cleric.
Ghaele:14th level Cleric
Elder Titan:28th level Cleric (with Know and Magic domains) or Wizard.
Ha-Naga: 21st level Sorc
Trumpet Archon: 14th level Cleric
Couatl: 9th level Sorc
Lillend:6th level Bard
Lammasu: 7th level Cleric (good and healing)
Nymph: 7th level Druid
Androsphinx: 6th-level cleric (Good and Healing)
Aranea: 3rd Level sorc.
Formian Queen: 17th level sorc.
Drider: 6th level Wizard Cleric (Chaos, Destruction, Evil, and Trickery) or Sorc.
Naga:Sorc, level by subtype.

[deuxhero]

Note that was just a serch of the SRD for "spells as", 1.may have missed a manifesting monster or two 2. don't intend to do anything more.

[Tanuki Tales]

Note that was just a serch of the SRD for "spells as", 1.may have missed a manifesting monster or two 2. don't intend to do anything more.

Well, Not all people see Psionics and Magic as the same thing. ^^;

Though I will now go through all the books I have on hand and start making a list.

[BenTheJester]

I know the Spellweavers(MM2, IIRC) cast as a sorcerer with level = to their HD.

They are also awesome for having 6 arms that allow them to cast up to 6 levels of spells in a round(THAT'S LIKE 1000 MAGIC MISSILES!)

[erikun]

Sure, I'll help. From the Expanded Psionics Handbook:

Mind Flayer, Psionic (9th level Psion (Telepath))
Unbodied (4th level Psion (Telepath))

There isn't anything that acts as a caster or manifester in Complete Psionic, though. Actually, the creature list is kind of pathetic. (Well, the whole book is...)

[EDIT] I know Ethergaunts (Fiend Folio) are arcane spellcasters.

[Tanuki Tales]

Sure, I'll help. From the Expanded Psionics Handbook:

Mind Flayer, Psionic (9th level Psion (Telepath))
Unbodied (4th level Psion (Telepath))

There isn't anything that acts as a caster or manifester in Complete Psionic, though. Actually, the creature list is kind of pathetic. (Well, the whole book is...)

[EDIT] I know Ethergaunts (Fiend Folio) are arcane spellcasters.

As I said above, not everyone sees Psionics and Magic as the same.

[Tanuki Tales]

I've finished with the MM and Beastiary. I will now go looking through and adding anything from MM II to V.

[Optimystik]

Pixies/Sylphs are all I have to add.

[Tanuki Tales]

Pixies/Sylphs are all I have to add.

Pixies only have SLA to my knowledge. Sylphs on the other hand..have some good IC if they have enough HD.

[Thurbane]

Lilitu: 9th level Cleric Casting [FC1]
Arkemoi: 4th level Sorcerer Casting [MM5]
Redspawn Arcaniss: 6th level Sorcerer Casting [MM4]

[Tanuki Tales]

Lilitu: 9th level Cleric Casting [FC1]
Arkemoi: 4th level Sorcerer Casting [MM5]
Redspawn Arcaniss: 6th level Sorcerer Casting [MM4]

All added.

[arguskos]

The Hobgoblin Warcaster and Warsoul from MM5 count as well, since they do not have levels in a casting class. Warcaster is as Wiz 4, and Warsoul is as Wiz 9, IIRC.

[Beelzebub1111]

Ethergaunts from Fiend Folio, Each variety has different levels of wizard.

[Tokiko Mima]

Oooohh.. no one remembered Driders? They get to choose whether they want to cast as 6th level clerics, sorcerers, or wizards (though presumably only female driders would be allowed to be innate clerics, assuming that driders are only made from drow that failed Lolth in some manner. Or were just in the wrong place when she was P.O.'ed... Lolth is not very nice.)

[Tanuki Tales]

Oooohh.. no one remembered Driders? They get to choose whether they want to cast as 6th level clerics, sorcerers, or wizards (though presumably only female driders would be allowed to be innate clerics, assuming that driders are only made from drow that failed Lolth in some manner. Or were just in the wrong place when she was P.O.'ed... Lolth is not very nice.)

Driders aren't counted because technically they took 6 levels in that class prior to becoming Driders. Thus, it's not innate, it's from a class.

[Tokiko Mima]

Driders aren't counted because technically they took 6 levels in that class prior to becoming Driders. Thus, it's not innate, it's from a class.

So Lolth only ever converts 6th level Drow? The class levels aren't reflected in their stat blocks, only the 6 hit dice of Aberration, which gets them 6th level casting innately. Also, though there must be non-caster drow who displease Lolth, all driders cast spells, so they must gain the ability as part of the conversion process.

[Tanuki Tales]

So Lolth only ever converts 6th level Drow? The class levels aren't reflected in their stat blocks, only the 6 hit dice of Aberration, which gets them 6th level casting innately. Also, though there must be non-caster drow who displease Lolth, all driders cast spells, so they must gain the ability as part of the conversion process.

I'm pretty sure, though it's been a good while since I read the Drow fluff that had mechanics next to it, that Driders are created when 6th level Drow characters fail a special test. The Monster Manual even says in the fluff box that they were 6th level Drow before becoming Driders.

EDIT: Now, the Pathfinder Drider looks like it might actually have innate spellcasting. It has 9 Racial dice and I don't believe any of the Lolth fluff exists or will exist in PF.

[dspeyer]

The epic Neh-Thalggu (Brain Collector) casts as a sorcerer of level equal to the number of brains it has eaten to a maximum of 13. I think that makes everything for true spellcasting in the SRD.

[Thurbane]

Artaaglith: 5th level Cleric casting [GW]
Chronotyryn: 12th level Sorcerer casting [FF]
Cranium Rat Swarm, Greater: 10th level Sorcerer casting [FF]
Cranium Rat Swarm: 4th level Sorcerer casting [FF]
Elder Brain: 20th level Sorcerer casting [LoM]
Ethergaunt, black: 17th level Wizard casting [FF]
Ethergaunt, red: 9th level Wizard casting [FF]
Ethergaunt, white: 13th level Wizard casting [FF]
Fensir: 5th level Wizard Casting [FF]
Firre: 12th level Cleric casting [BoED]
Hebbi-no-onna: 14th level Sorcerer casting [OA]
Huecuva: 5th level Cleric casting [FF]
Ice Weird: 18th level Sorcerer (plus Chaos, Cold & Law domains) [Fr]
Icegaunt: 5th level Druid casting [Fr]
Ki-rin: 18th level Sorcerer casting [OA]
Klurichir: 10th level Sorcerer casting [FF]
Marrutact: 5th level Wizard casting [Sand]
Oni, Me-zu: 10th level Wu-jen casting [OA]
Shinomen Naga, Cobra: 3rd level Shugenja casting [OA]
Snow Weird: 18th level Sorcerer (plus Air & Cold domains) [Fr]
Spirit of the Air: 7th level Cleric casting [FF]
Tengu, Human-headed: 5th level Air Shugenja casting [OA]
Threskisphinx: 6th level Druid casting [Sand]
Ursinal: 12th level Wizard casting [BoED]
Varrangoin, Arcanist: 9th level Wizard casting [FF]

[Tanuki Tales]

The Hobgoblin Warcaster and Warsoul from MM5 count as well, since they do not have levels in a casting class. Warcaster is as Wiz 4, and Warsoul is as Wiz 9, IIRC.

Yup, they have spellcasting as an Ex ability.

Added to the list and I totally forgot I made this thread >.>;

@Dspeyer: Added.

@Thurbane: Added all your list save Huecuva. They have no innate spellcasting.

[Sinfire Titan]

Not to my knowledge. Sinfire Titan might know; lists are his thing.

1: AFB, so no go.

2: I do this out of posting style. I'm a poet by nature and I prefer this to paragraphs.

3: It takes me a while to do a list like I have in the Incarnum Handbooks.


I may be good about finding CR appropriate encounters, but that's because I'm capable of judging the approximate strength of my players and their characters fairly well and because I have 2 years of optimization experience under my belt. The best I can do is provide potential source books. The MMs have been covered, but what about Lords of Madness, Heroes of Horror, Libris Mortis, or the Draconomicon? I know all three of those books printed monsters other than sample enemies, and the Draconomicon at the very least can provide you with more True Dragon types.

In fact, I think there's a CG monster in LoM that got casting advancement...

[Foryn Gilnith]

As I said above, not everyone sees Psionics and Magic as the same.

And some people do. Why exclude psionics, and by extension those people?

[Tanuki Tales]

And some people do. Why exclude psionics, and by extension those people?

Because this is a list of Innate Spellcasting, not Innate Spellcasting and Manifesting.

@Sinfire: I'll go check those books in a few minutes. Though I'm saving Dragons and Naga for when I have a lot of free time since there are so many.

[Foryn Gilnith]

1) Some people see the difference as too insignificant to matter.
2) The type of people who would post in this thread are the same people who would post in a thread of Complete List of Innate Manifesting.
3) A list of Innate Spellcasting alone is less useful than a list of Innate Spellcasting & Manifesting.

[Irreverent Fool]

Well if not and no one else plans on making one, anyone object to turning this thread into such a list?

As long as the first post is updated with new information, I support this.

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[Tanuki Tales]

Checked Libris Mortis, Heroes of Horror and Lords of Madness. Only found 1 creature not already on the list and it's been added.

[Glimbur]

Gloura casts as a Bard 7.