Reworking Natural Spellcasting


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Several creatures have natural spellcasting ability (apart from spell-like abilities) without actually having spellcasting class levels. Dragons having natural Sorcerer spellcasting is the most obvious example.

I am considering making some thematic changes to a few creatures that involve swapping out the class associated with a given creature types natural spellcasting abilities.

First up comes the Celestials. I note that the Planetar (Angel), Solar (Angel), Ghaele (Azata), Star Archon, and Trumpet Archon all cast spells as Clerics. I'm fine with the natural spellcasting, but I feel that swapping it for Oracle spellcasting (spontaneous) is a better fit. This gives the creature a tighter limit on spell variety (as opposed to the ever-expanding full Cleric spell list) as well as removing the need for a DF component. This last part is pretty important in my eyes since Celestials are not necessarily tied to gods.

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With celestials I generally consider that they embody divine focuses themselves so they don't require an external holy symbol. That wouldn't stop me from working it within their dress styles though.

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