The Quests Table:
We had 23 columns, to be exact, and each called for a certain amount of lines in a perl script that was hosted on our web server. Instead of the files being on a local machine, they were on a dedicated server, making retrieval a lot faster and nearly impossible for any accidents to happen. All in all, it just felt smoother, and it makes things a lot easier when you can do Quests, Items, and NPCs all in one place and increase communication between the three.
The Spells Table:
Yes, it performs the very same functions, but makes it much easier to edit, and also adds some features like Spell Particle Sets, which gives the option to combine spell particle lists to make a more 'magical' effect. It also lets you put more than one effect per spell, such as combining SoW with Virtue. It's just convenience really, but just my opinion.
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