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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 6211040" data-attributes="member: 221">I know that James Jacobs, among others, has suggested simulacrum works best as an NPC spell and that it requires a DM to give careful consideration to what powers can or cannot be used by the created.  I think that's right. Its definitely a spell that everyone acknowledges demands by its very nature, DM fiat when used by PCs. But even so, players who want to abuse the spell have no ground to stand on, via the spell text, to demand specific spell casting abilities for their creation. It is up to the DM to decide what is appropriate for the creature to have. As stated above, I would not allow any PC, sans additional spells, to create a creature that has spellcasting abilities or spell like abilities. I would dictate that much as crafting a magic item requires additional spells to power each effect, you must cast the spells themselves to give your creation access to the spells or spell like abilities. That is, think of the simulacrum in terms of crafting a magical item and you get some guidelines as to how it might work best. But even besides this, any spell or spell like ability above 6th level (ie. wish) should just a non-starter regardless of the creature (again sans additional crafting requirements). As for NPC creation/use of the spell, it happens off-screen and one can always assume they provided the necessary ingredients and spells to power the spell to create the NPC simulacrum desired.</blockquote>

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