I've always just assumed that a monster with a spell-like ability usable 3/day or 1/day gets to use each SLA that many times per day. Is that correct, or is it 3 uses per day period or 1 use per day period?
Take a planetar for example. It has 5 spells it can use 3/day. Can it use all 5 SLAs 3 times each or some combo of those 5 SLAs 3 times total? Same question for its 4 SLAs usable 1/day. All four are usable 1/day or only one?
It's probably a silly question, but I thought I would check since I wasn't gaining any insight from the Bestiary description of Spell-Like Abilities (shown below from the PRD). Thanks!
Spell-Like Abilities: After listing the caster level of the creature's spell-like abilities, this section lists all of the creature's spell-like abilities, organized by how many times per day it can use the abilities. Constant spell-like abilities function at all times but can be dispelled. A creature can reactivate a constant spell-like ability as a swift action.
I've always just assumed that a monster with a spell-like ability usable 3/day or 1/day gets to use each SLA that many times per day. Is that correct, or is it 3 uses per day period or 1 use per day period?
Take a planetar for example. It has 5 spells it can use 3/day. Can it use all 5 SLAs 3 times each or some combo of those 5 SLAs 3 times total? Same question for its 4 SLAs usable 1/day. All four are usable 1/day or only one?
It's probably a silly question, but I thought I would check since I wasn't gaining any insight from the Bestiary description of Spell-Like Abilities (shown below from the PRD). Thanks!
Spell-Like Abilities: After listing the caster level of the creature's spell-like abilities, this section lists all of the creature's spell-like abilities, organized by how many times per day it can use the abilities. Constant spell-like abilities function at all times but can be dispelled. A creature can reactivate a constant spell-like ability as a swift action.
In almost every case, it's uses each. So 3 of this and 3 of that. A few monsters spell out that the uses are shared, but I can't think of any off hand.
Individual SLAs have always had /day ratings by each so I would never think that 3/day would mean "3 abilities per day" rather than "this ability 3 times per day".
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Bobson is correct.
In other words, they don't work like a sorcerer's shared pool of spell slots for her spells known of that spell level. "3/day—X, Y" means "X 3/day and Y 3/day."
Bobson is correct.
In other words, they don't work like a sorcerer's shared pool of spell slots for her spells known of that spell level. "3/day—X, Y" means "X 3/day and Y 3/day."
Perfect. That's what I thought as well but I wanted to confirm it. Thanks, everybody!