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<blockquote data-quote="duneguy" data-source="post: 8436932" data-attributes="member: 56672">We actually considered this option before we started writing the book! We thought about converting every caster to, basically, an &quot;innate&quot; caster with spells castable x/day instead of using spell slots.I think both approaches could work perfectly well. For a big, complex caster like a lich, though, we decided that we slightly preferred to keep the spell slots.Spell level is another tool for us to sort spells for the Narrator's convenience. When you're not sure what the lich should do, it's not a bad idea to just have them cast the highest-level attack spell they still have slots for. An innate-casting lich, however, doesn't have spells listed by level; they have a giant list of a dozen or more 1/day spells that you need to scan through to find the best spell. Not a big deal, but I thought the spell-slot approach was a bit better for user interface.That said, I generally prefer the innate spellcasting format for most monsters. The only slot casters are the creatures with a story reason to be part of the same magical traditions as the characters (NPC priests and mages and so on, plus the mummy and the lich and maybe a few more).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="duneguy, post: 8436932, member: 56672"] We actually considered this option before we started writing the book! We thought about converting every caster to, basically, an "innate" caster with spells castable x/day instead of using spell slots. I think both approaches could work perfectly well. For a big, complex caster like a lich, though, we decided that we slightly preferred to keep the spell slots. Spell level is another tool for us to sort spells for the Narrator's convenience. When you're not sure what the lich should do, it's not a bad idea to just have them cast the highest-level attack spell they still have slots for. An innate-casting lich, however, doesn't have spells listed by level; they have a giant list of a dozen or more 1/day spells that you need to scan through to find the best spell. Not a big deal, but I thought the spell-slot approach was a bit better for user interface. That said, I generally prefer the innate spellcasting format for most monsters. The only slot casters are the creatures with a story reason to be part of the same magical traditions as the characters (NPC priests and mages and so on, plus the mummy and the lich and maybe a few more). [/QUOTE]

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