Spellcaster

Medium humanoid

Armor class 13 + Rank

Hit points 15 (R1), 35 (R2), 60 (R3), 100 (R4)
Speed 30 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

8 (-1) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) ? ? ?

Saving throws Add rank +1 to both CON save, and saving throw of
spellcasting ability
Skills Arcana +4 (INT), Religion +4 (WIS), Persuasion +4 (CHA)
Languages Common

Spellcasting. Each caster uses a set of spells based on their Type and
Rank. Check their Type for which spells.

Spellcasters usually use all their 1/day each spells before resorting to at-
will spells. Spells with an asterisk* are concentration spells. When casting
a spell as a bonus action, a caster uses their action to cast a cantrip in the
same turn.

Spellcaster ranks. Use casters based on their Rank, using this table:

Rank CR Elite enemy for a... Normal enemy for a...

1 1/2 1st to 2nd-level party 3rd to 4th-level party
2 1 3rd to 4th-level party 5th to 10th-level party
3 3 5th to 8th-level party 11th to 16th- level party
4 6 9th+ level party 17th+ level party

If you want a very weak spellcaster (normal enemy for a 1st- to 2nd-level
party), use a Rank-1 spellcaster with 8 hit points that only uses cantrips
with no leveled spells.

Every rank of spellcaster has a set of cantrips, a set of spells for their rank,
and knows the spells of the rank below theirs (if any). This means you’ll
never have to keep track of more than about four leveled spells for each
spellcaster.

Spellcaster types. Each spellcaster type comes with 4 ranks of spells plus
a spellcasting ability. Their spellcasting ability is (12 + 2xRank), and
their other mental stats are each 12.

Cantrips. Each spellcaster knows a few cantrips. Cantrips normally

scale with level, but for this stat block, they use the following scaling:

Caster rank Cantrip scaling Save DC Spell atk bonus

Rank 1 1 die 12 +4
Rank 2 2 dice 14 +6
Rank 3 2 dice 16 +8
Rank 4 3 dice 18 +10
Legendary spellcasters. For a spellcaster boss that you want to take on
an entire party by themselves, apply the following changes to a
spellcaster that would normally be an elite enemy for the party’s level:
● They have twice as many hit points.
● They gain the Legendary Resistance trait, which allows them to
automatically succeed on a failed saving throw a certain number
of times per day (check the legendary spellcasters table).
● They gain an extra use of their strongest spells.
● They gain three Legendary Actions - actions used at the end of
another creature’s turn, and which are restored at the end of the
spellcaster’s turn - and can use them in the following ways:
Move. The spellcaster moves up to its speed.
Cantrip. The spellcaster casts a cantrip.
Spell (costs 2 actions). The spellcaster casts a spell with a casting time of
1 action.

Legendary spellcasters
Rank CR Legendary resistances Solo boss for a...
1 1 None 1st to 2nd-level party
2 2 1/day 3rd to 4th-level party
3 6 3/day 5th to 7th-level party
4 10 3/day 8th-10th level party
Support priest
Use this caster type for healers or support spellcasters.

Spellcasting ability: Wisdom

Cantrips: sacred flame, resistance*, spare the dying

Rank 1
1/day each: bless* (L1), healing word (bonus action, L1)

Rank 2
1/day each: mass healing word (bonus action, L3), shield of faith*
(bonus action, L1)

Rank 3
1/day each: death ward (L4), mass cure wounds (L5)

Rank 4
1/day: heal (L6)
Battle priest
Use this caster type for clerics trained for battle.

Spellcasting ability: Wisdom

Cantrips: sacred flame, toll the dead, word of radiance

Rank 1
1/day each: bane* (L1), inflict wounds (L1)

Rank 2
1/day each: blindness/deafness* (L2), vampiric touch* (L3)

Rank 3
1/day each: banishment* (L4), flame strike (L5)

Rank 4
1/day: harm
Nature priest
Nature priests use plant magic. They’re usually druids or nature clerics.

Spellcasting ability: Wisdom

Cantrips: thorn whip, poison spray, infestation

Rank 1:
1/day each: entangle* (L1), cure wounds (L1)

Rank 2:
1/day each: summon beast* (L2), grasping vine* (L4)

Rank 3:
1/day each: polymorph* (L4), insect plague* (L5)

Rank 4:
1/day: sunbeam* (L6)
Cryomancer
Cryomancers use ice-themed spells and they’re usually wizards or
sorcerers.

Spellcasting ability: Intelligence

Cantrips: ray of frost, frostbite, shape water

Rank 1:
1/day each: ice knife (L1), armor of agathys (L1)

Rank 2:
1/day each: snowball swarm (L2), sleet storm* (L3)

Rank 3:
1/day each: ice storm* (L4), cone of cold (L5)

Rank 4:
1/day each: investiture of ice* (L6), wall of ice* (L6)
Pyromancer
Pyromancers use fire magic and are usually sorcerers, or fiend-patron
warlocks.

Spellcasting ability: Charisma

Cantrips: firebolt, create bonfire*, control flames

Rank 1:
1/day each: burning hands (L1), hellish rebuke (reaction, L1)

Rank 2:
1/day each: scorching ray (L2), aganazzar’s scorcher (L2)

Rank 3:
1/day each: wall of fire* (L4), fireball (L3)

Rank 4:
1/day: delayed blast fireball* (L7)
Illusionist
Illusionists use illusion and deception magic. They’re usually a Bard,
Wizard or Warlock.

Spellcasting ability: Charisma

Cantrips: minor illusion, dancing lights*, mind sliver

Rank 1:
1/day each: disguise self (L1), color spray (L1), silent image*

Rank 2:
1/day each: invisibility* (L2), major image* (L3),

Rank 3:
1/day each:
Enchanter
Enchanters use mind-control and charm magic. They’re usually a
Wizard or Bard.

Spellcasting ability: Charisma

Cantrips: friends, vicious mockery, mind sliver

Rank 1:
1/day each: command (L1), sleep (L1)

Rank 2:
1/day each: suggestion* (L2), confusion* (L4)

Rank 3:
1/day each: hypnotic pattern* (L3), dominate person* (L5)

Rank 4:
1/day: mass suggestion (L7)
Necromancer
Necromancers use death magic and make undead servants. They’re
usually a Wizard or Cleric.

Spellcasting ability: Intelligence

Cantrips: chill touch, spare the dying, toll the dead

Rank 1:
1/day each: ray of sickness (L1), inflict wounds (L1)

Rank 2:
1/day each: blindness/deafness* (L2), summon undead* (L3)

Rank 3:
1/day each: blight (L4), danse macabre* (L5)

Rank 4:
1/day: finger of death (L7)
Spellbooks
Any caster that could plausibly be a wizard may have a spellbook on
them, which PC wizards might want to take for themselves. In such a
case, choose four or five spells of appropriate level from the following
lists:

General wizard spells: magic missile, comprehend languages, mage

armor, find familiar, detect magic, identify, shield, blur, gentle repose,
knock, see invisibility, suggestion, dispel magic, fly, haste, lightning bolt,
fear, summon shadowspawn, arcane eye, contact other plane

Pyromancer: burning hands, scorching ray, aganazzar’s scorcher,

dragon’s breath, fireball, fire shield, wall of fire, immolation

Cryomancer: ice knife, fog cloud, snilloc’s snowball swarm, sleet storm,
gust of wind, slow, tidal wave

Enchanter: charm person, command, sleep, suggestion, hypnotic pattern,

confusion, modify memory, dominate person, geas

Necromancer: false life, ray of sickness, blindness/deafness, animate

dead, bestow curse, summon undead, feign death, danse macabre,
enervation