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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 7967997" data-attributes="member: 2525">It's a rule as written for monsters in the MM. Specifically NOT for Players. "The Monster Manual, like the <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/dmg" target="_blank">Dungeon Master’s Guide</a>, is a book for DMs. " It contains a TON of creatures which are similar to PCs and PC abilities but which do NOT FUNCTION THE SAME. A Familiar from the MM is not, in any way, a familiar for a PC. An Drow in the MM is not like a PC Drow. An assassin in the MM is not like an Assassin player class. A Minotaur in the MM is not like the Minotaur race you can play.Mind Flayers get "Innate Spellcasting (Psionics)" but there are lots of monsters in the MM who also get "Innate Spellcasting" which is not Psionics. The Innate Spellcasting isn't even specific to Psionics in the MM. Heck, that Drow I mentioned earlier also has "Innate Spellcasting".But the more important point is the MM rules are not, in fact, the same as the PC rules and never have been for 5e. This stuff is explicit for 5e. It is distinct from, for example, 3e which based challenges on the same fluff and mechanics as the PCs. They didn't do that for 5e. Anyone who has DM'ed 5e knows this from day one. My question is, how do you not know this after all these years?</blockquote>