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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AuraSeer" data-source="post: 747953" data-attributes="member: 1331">Unless otherwise specified, a spell-like ability functions in all ways like the spell it duplicates. Genasi and illithids do suffer the cumulative attack penalty.The problem is a limitation of the levitate effect. The magic only grants vertical movement, not horizontal control or stability. When you swing, throw, or fire a weapon, the recoil pushes you horizontally, and you start wobbling in the air. So it's a question of the magic's capabilities, not of whether you're used to it.An analogy: If you're riding a horse at full gallop, you suffer a -8 on ranged attack rolls. Even if you do the same maneuver every day, it's still more difficult than shooting while standing still, hence the penalty.  (IIRC, there does exist a feat that removes the penalties for firing from horseback. If your DM agrees, you could create a feat that reduces or eliminates the penalties from levitation. That'd be a house rule though, and you still wouldn't get it for free.)</blockquote>