Monster Classification Types
1............Monster(default)(8HD) 16............Plant(8HD)
2............Humanoid(8HD) 17............Demon(16HD)
3............Goblinoid(6HD) 18............Devil(16HD)
4............Monst. Humanoid(8HD) 19............Dragon(24HD)
5............Giantkin(14HD) 20............Beast(10HD)
6............Animal(4HD) 21............Magical Beast(14HD)
7............Dire Animal(8HD) 22............Golem(14HD)
8............Insect(2HD) 23............Ethereal(10HD)
9............Insectoid(8HD) 24............Astral(10HD)
10...........Arachnid(8HD) 25............Gaseous(8HD)
11...........Reptile(6HD) 26............Energy(12HD)
12...........Dinosaur(10HD) 27............Faerie(6HD)
13...........Automaton(10HD) 28............Deva(18HD)
14...........Avian(6HD) 29............Elemental(12HD)
15...........Fish(6HD) 30............Pudding(12HD)
31...........Slime(8HD)
32...........Undead(12HD)
Type Descriptions/examples (by no means complete)
Monster: the default mob type (dont leave them default!)
Humanoid: humans, orcs, most medium bi-pedal creatures
Goblinoid: goblins, kobolds, most small, evil, bi-bedal
creatures. (exception: hobgoblin)
Monstrous Hum: minotaur, bugbear, other monsterous humanoids..
Giantkin: any giant, trolls, ettins, half-giants
Animal: domestic cats, deer, cows, buffulo, etc.
Dire Animal: giant versions of animals (giant rat, dire wolf)
Insect: swarms of insects, normal sized insects
Insectoid: human-shaped insect people
Arachnid: giant spiders (normal spiders go under insect)
Reptile: lizards, alligators, giant frogs, etc..
Dinosaur: t-rex, velociraptor, bronotosaurus, etc..
Automaton: any mechanically animated monster
Avian: normal and giant birds. (Birdmen are humanoids)
Fish: sharks, goldfish, giant jellyfish, etc..
Plant: venus fly traps, shambling mounds, yellow mold, etc.
Demon: any creature from The Abyss or surroining planes
Devil: any creature from Hell or surrounding planes
Dragon: any dragon (dragons are always perms)
Beast: any mob with special abilities which cannot be
classified otherwise: carrion crawler, hook horror,
rust monster, manticore, pegasus, griffon, etc.
Magical Beast: chimera, fire toads, behir, basilisks, water weirds,
fire lizards, gorgons, medusa, etc.
Golem: any magically animated monster (but not undead)
Ethereal: creatures living primarily on the ethereal plane:
ethereal cyclones, spectres, ghosts, etc.
Astral: creatures living primarily on the astral plane:
githyanki, other astral creatures
Gaseous: gaseous creatures
Energy: creatures of energy (will-o-wisp)
Faerie: faerie creatures: dryads, quicklings, leprechauns,
nymphs, brownies, blink dogs, elfin cats, etc.
Deva: any creature from the Heavens or surrounding planes
Elemental: any creature from the elemental planes of earth,
air, fire, or water
Pudding: amorphous puddings with pods: black pudding,
grey ooze, geletinous cubes, ochre jelly, etc.
Slimes: green slime, olive slime, etc.
Undead: Intelligent and free-willed undead. Mindless undead
such as skeletons and zombies are of the mtype they
spawned from. Ghosts, wraiths, and spectres are ethereal.