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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7411197" data-attributes="member: 12731">I would be inclined to say I agree... but on second thought - I only want monsters to have spells that deserve a write-up!In other words, I am not at all yearning for the ridiculous overdose of spells d20 monsters got. If you don't think a write-up is merited, why does the monster even have the spell listed, amirite? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Obviously a monster that is described as a scholarly Wizard might be the exception. But even there it might be easier to just say "Fireball, Fly, ... and six more random 3rd level spells" and then focus on how the monster uses Fireball and Fly.But I would totally be okay with monsters getting only three or five spells (or "spell like abilities" as they were called), and then getting the full details on those. Each such spell would deserve to be included because it is useful to the monster. (Which does not necessarily mean all monsters lob Fireball. It's quite okay with monsters using weak:ish spells, as long as that's mirrored in their CR. No more "all level 3 spells are equal" BS, thankyouverymuch <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )</blockquote>

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