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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 9272466" data-attributes="member: 54629">This. There was a brief time (around the release of Descent into Avernus) where 5e NPC spellcasters had their full slotted allotment of spells but their heavy-hitters like cantrips and fireballs and the like were written out in full in their actions:Like the Skull Lasher of Myrkul has:Ray of Sickness (1st-Level Spell; Requires a Spell Slot). Ranged Spell Attack: +5 to hit, range 60 ft., one creature. Hit: 9 (2d8) poison damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the end of the skull lasher’s next turn. If the skull lasher casts this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 1st.And the Black Gauntlet of Bane has:Guiding Bolt (1st-Level Spell; Requires a Spell Slot). Ranged Spell Attack: +7 to hit, range 120 ft., one creature. Hit: 14 (4d6) radiant damage, and the next attack roll made against the target before the end of the black gauntlet’s next turn has advantage. If the black gauntlet casts this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 1st.Meanwhile the Meletian Hoplite from Theros has:Ray of Frost (Cantrip). Ranged Spell Attack: +5 to hit, range 60 ft., one creature. Hit: 4 (1d8) cold damage, and the target’s speed is reduced by 10 feet until the start of the hoplite’s next turn.I liked that (and it was something I was doing with my own statblocks before WotC started doing it). I would have preferred they keep doing it that way for MotM and now the revised MM.</blockquote>

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