Hey there, one day I thought a list of monsters with associated spellcasting might be handy; for DMs, or for players in weird gestalt games.
Another use that is slightly more broken is to use polymorph, manipulate form or acquire special quality/attack to gain one of these. Although I didn't know why at the time, this preliminary list is sorted according to type (which is useful info for polymorph).
Sources covered so far:
- MMI, MMII, MIII, MMIV, MMV
- Epic Level Handbook / Epic SRD section
- Fiend Folio
- Fiendish Codex I (thanks Emy)
- Book of Exalted Deeds (thanks salt_crow)
- Forgotten Realms - Underdark (thanks ksbsnowowl)
- Lords of Madness & XPH (thanks Agita)
- Bestiary of Krynn (thanks Ivory Knight)
I'd be happy to have your additions.
Name | Spellcasting/Manifesting | Type | HD | LA | CR | Source |
Drider | 6th lvl Cleric or Sorc or Wiz | Abberation | 6 | +4 | 7 | SRD |
Elder Brain | 20th lvl Sorcerer | Abberation | 26 | — | 25 | LoM |
Elder Brain, Psionic | 20th lvl Telepath | Abberation | 26 | — | 25 | LoM |
Ethergaunt, Black | 17th lvl Wizard | Abberation | 16 | +4 | 17 | FF |
Ethergaunt, Red | 9th lvl Wizard | Abberation | 5 | +7 | 9 | FF |
Ethergaunt, White | 13th lvl Wizard | Abberation | 11 | +5 | 13 | FF |
Mind Flayer, Psionic | 9th lvl Telepath | Abberation | 8 | +7 | 8 | MMI/XPH |
Mind Flayer, Ulitharid Psionic | 13th lvl Telepath | Abberation | 12 | +9 | 12 | LoM |
Naga, Dark | 7th lvl Sorcerer | Abberation | 9 | — | 8 | SRD |
Naga, Guardian | 9th lvl Sorcerer1 | Abberation | 11 | — | 10 | SRD |
Naga, Spirit | 7th lvl Sorcerer1 | Abberation | 9 | — | 9 | SRD |
Naga, Water | 7th lvl Sorcerer | Abberation | 7 | — | 7 | SRD |
Draconian, Vapor | 4th lvl Mystic | Dragon | 4 | +3 | 5 | Bestiary of Krynn |
Draconian, Lightning | 6th lvl Paladin | Dragon | 6 | +5 | 7 | Bestiary of Krynn |
Linnorm, Corpse Tearer | 17th lvl Cleric | Dragon | 28 | — | 28 | MMII |
Linnorm, Dread | 18th lvl Sorcerer | Dragon | 20 | — | 25 | MMII |
Linnorm, Gray | 17th lvl Cleric | Dragon | 13 | — | 20 | MMII |
Tylor | 5th lvl Sorcerer | Dragon | 7 | +21 | 6 | Bestiary of Krynn |
Elemental Weird | 18th lvl Sorcerer | Elemental | 15 | — | 12 | MMII |
Immoth | 12th lvl Sorcerer | Elemental | 10 | +6 | 9 | MMII |
Cheshire Cat | 3rd lvl Sorcerer | Fey | 3 | +3 | 3 | Web |
Gloura | 7th lvl Bard | Fey | 7 | +2 | 7 | Und |
Huldrefolk | 8th lvl Sorcerer | Fey | 6 | +8 | 8 | Bestiary of Krynn |
Nymph | 7th lvl Druid | Fey | 6 | +7 | 7 | SRD |
Fensir | 5th lvl Wizard | Giant | 4 | +5 | 5 | FF |
Androsphinx | 6th lvl Cleric | Magical Beast | 12 | +5 2 | 9 | SRD |
Aranea | 3rd lvl Sorcerer | Magical Beast | 3 | +4 | 4 | SRD |
Arcanist Varrangoin | 9th lvl Wizard | Magical Beast | 8 | ? 7 | 11 | FF |
Chronotyryn | 12th lvl Sorcerer | Magical Beast | 17 | ? 6 | 19 | FF |
Lammasu | 7th lvl Cleric | Magical Beast | 7 | +5 | 8 | SRD |
Spirit of the Air | 7th lvl Cleric | Magical Beast | 11 | ? 6 | 11 | FF |
Threskisphinx | 6th lvl Druid | Magical Beast | 10 | +5 2 | 8 | Sand |
Abeil Queen | 16th lvl Druid | Monstrous Humanoid | 13 | — | 12 | MMII |
Arkamoi | 4th lvl Sorcerer | Monstrous Humanoid | 4 | +4 | 4 | MMV |
Hobgoblin Warcaster | 4th lvl Wizard | Monstrous Humanoid | 4 | +3 | 4 | MMV |
Hobgoblin Warsoul | 9th lvl Wizard | Monstrous Humanoid | 10 | +4 | 8 | MMV |
Jackal Lord | 8th lvl Cleric | Monstrous Humanoid | 8 | +4 | 8 | FF |
Kyrie | 3rd lvl Mystic | Monstrous Humanoid | 4 | +3 | 2 | Beastiary of Krynn |
Marrutact | 5th lvl Wizard | Monstrous Humanoid | 7 | +3 | 5 | Sand |
Protean Scourge | 8th lvl Sorcerer | Monstrous Humanoid | 13 | — | 12 | MMIII |
Redspawn Arcaniss | 6th lvl Sorcerer | Monstrous Humanoid | 8 | +4 | 6 | MMIV |
Spell Weaver | 12th lvl Sorcerer3 | Monstrous Humanoid | 10 | +7 | 10 | MMII |
Unbodied | 4th lvl Telepath | Monstrous Humanoid | 4 | +4 | 4 | XPH |
Arcanaloth | 9th lvl Sorcerer | Outsider | 12 | +7 | 17 | MMII |
Couatl | 9th lvl Sorcerer1 | Outsider | 9 | +7 | 10 | SRD |
Firre (Eladrin) | 12th lvl Cleric | Outsider | 8 | +10 | 10 | BoED |
Formian Queen | 17th lvl Sorcerer | Outsider | 20 | — | 17 | SRD |
Ghaele (Eladrin) | 12th lvl Cleric | Outsider | 10 | +10 | 13 | SRD/SS |
Klurichir (Tanar'ri) | 10th lvl Sorcerer | Outsider | 20 | ? 6 | 25 | FF |
Lilitu (Tanar'ri) | 9th lvl Cleric4 | Outsider | 14 | — | 12 | FCI |
Lillend | 6th lvl Bard | Outsider | 7 | +6 | 7 | SRD |
Planetar | 17th lvl Cleric | Outsider | 14 | — | 16 | SRD |
Rakshasa | 7th lvl Sorcerer | Outsider | 7 | +7 | 10 | SRD |
Rakshasa, Ak'chazar | 12th lvl Sorcerer | Outsider | 17 | +5 | 15 | MMIII |
Shator | 8th lvl Sorcerer | Outsider | 15 | ? 6 | 16 | FF |
Solar | 20th lvl Cleric | Outsider | 22 | — | 23 | SRD |
Sylph | 7th lvl Sorcerer5 | Outsider | 3 | +5 | 5 | MMII |
Trumpet Archon | 14th lvl Cleric | Outsider | 12 | +8 | 14 | SRD |
Ursinal (Guardinal) | 12th lvl Wizard | Outsider | 10 | +8 | 10 | BoED |
Bone Naga | 14th lvl Sorcerer | Undead | 15 | — | 11 | MMII |
1 can also choose from the cleric list
2 (cohort)
3 actually it's HD+2, with a maximum of 30 racial HD
4 uses Cha as casting stat, no spontaneous cure/inflict
5 actually it's HD+4, with a maximum of 9 racial HD
6 LA was not mentioned in 3.5 booklets updating FF (not even LA —)
7 same as
6, but can advance by character class (
should have had an LA listed)
Special mention:True Dragons (various), various casting abilities. See
dragon PC races.
Phaerimm (LEoF), sorcerer casting equal to "character level" as SLAs
Sharn (Anauroch: The Empire of Shade), 6th/6th sorcerer/favored soul casting; 4HD, +5LA, CR8; cast spells as SLAs; can't be polymorphed into
Swarms (various); hive-minds gain sorcerer casting according to the number of individuals in a swarm; Cranium Rat Swarms (FF) gain psion casting of choice
Epic stuff:Name | Spellcasting | Type | HD | LA | CR | Source |
Ha-Naga | 21st lvl Sorcerer | Abberation | 20 | — | 22 | ELH/SRD |
Neh-Thalggu (Brain Collector) | 13th lvl Sorcerer | Abberation | 32 | — | 26 | ELH/SRD |
Titan, Elder | 29th lvl Wizard or Cleric | Outsider | 70 | — | 30 | ELH/SRD |