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 ^cisIntelligent Goblinoid: .... goblins, kobolds, most small, evil, bi-bedal creatures. (exception: hobgoblin) ^cisIntelligent Monstrous Hum: minotaur, bugbear, other monsterous humanoids. ^cisIntelligent Giantkin: ..... any giant, trolls, ettins, half-giants ^cisIntelligent 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 ^ynoLivingVulnerabilities 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 ^cisIntelligent Devil: ........ any creature from Hell or surrounding planes ^cisIntelligent Dragon: ....... any dragon (dragons are always perms) ^cisIntelligent 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) ^ynoLivingVulnerabilities Ethereal: ..... creatures living primarily on the ethereal plane: ethereal cyclones, spectres, ghosts, etc. ^ynoLivingVulnerabilities Astral: ....... creatures living primarily on the astral plane: githyanki, other astral creatures Gaseous: ...... gaseous creatures ^ynoLivingVulnerabilities Energy: ....... creatures of energy (will-o-wisp) ^ynoLivingVulnerabilities Faerie: ....... faerie creatures: dryads, quicklings, leprechauns, nymphs, brownies, blink dogs, elfin cats, etc. ^cisIntelligent Deva: ......... any creature from the Heavens or surrounding planes ^cisIntelligent Elemental: .... any creature from the elemental planes of earth, air, fire, or water ^ynoLivingVulnerabilities Pudding: ...... amorphous puddings with pods: black pudding, grey ooze, geletinous cubes, ochre jelly, etc. ^ynoLivingVulnerabilities Slimes: ....... green slime, olive slime, etc. ^ynoLivingVulnerabilities 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. ^cisIntelligent^x, ^misUndead^x, ^ynoLivingVulnerabilities ^cisIntelligent^x: monster will perform faction worship social, 20-min-aggro-wander will say "looking for someone to bully". ^misUndead^x: .... sets monster as undead. ^ynoLivingVulnerabilities^x: immunity to SpecialAttacks flagged as ^WBreathing Targets ^WOnly^x, does not drown underwater, immunity to poison and disease, immunity to critical hits ^rEXCEPT^x for undead.