OK, I have searched all over for this, and I just can't find it.
If a monster has an innate spell, and that spell includes a material component, does the monster need that material component? Does the spell require the Material Casting action? Or does the spell cast at one action quicker than normal?
Example: Invisibility has both a material and somatic component, so it takes two actions to cast. Does a monster with the innate ability to cast invisibility also require two actions to do so?
Pretty sure there are no rules making innate casting any easier than non-innate.
How do you explain the Material Casting action then?
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Well, if the monster is something that can reasonably carry and manipulate spell components, no problem. If it has no prehensile appendages (like hands), I dunno.
Quite possibly there should be rules saying innate casting can, say, substitute Somatic Casting actions for Material Casting actions like sorcerers can---but it's not in the rulebook or bestiary at the moment.
I will say that IMHO if such rules get added they will almost certainly change Material Casting actions to something else, rather than just let you skip them, so innate spells won't be any quicker.
Well, if the monster is something that can reasonably carry and manipulate spell components, no problem. If it has no prehensile appendages (like hands), I dunno.
Quite possibly there should be rules saying innate casting can, say, substitute Somatic Casting actions for Material Casting actions like sorcerers can---but it's not in the rulebook or bestiary at the moment.
I will say that IMHO if such rules get added they will almost certainly change Material Casting actions to something else, rather than just let you skip them, so innate spells won't be any quicker.
Yeah, I think assuming that they just replace all Material Casting actions with Somatic Casting actions makes the most sense.