| Artificial | Bestial | Chimeric | Dungeonesque | Ethereal | Fay | Grubby | Haunting | Inflamed | Moist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial | Robot | Manbeast | Owlbear | Shoggoth | Modron | Candy Critter | Fake Egg | Zombie | Tarbeast | Submarine |
| Bestial | Stichthing | Bear | Snallygaster | Orcgre | Eternal Bird | Ball of Fur | Big Rat | Lycanthrope | Rakshasha | Shark |
| Chimeric | Gargoyle | Bigfoot | Panther | Cerberus | Ziz | Reptilian | Basilisk | Pumpkinking | Firefox | Kraken |
| Dungeonesque | Ooze | Dino | Gorgon | Eyebeast | Throne | Gnome | Spider | Shadow | Cherufe | Urchin |
| Ethereal | Meme | Bird of Prey | Pegacorn | Starspawn | Wingaling | Fairy | Bat | Ghost | Djinn | Flying Fish |
| Fay | Clone | Turtle Queen | Dryad | Mimic | Sylph | Li'l Elf | Ball of Teeth | Vampire | Will o Wisp | Jelly |
| Grubby | Golem | Beastman | Cyclops | Sewercrawler | Locus | Goblin | Wormlord | Mummy | Firebug | Eel |
| Haunting | Frankenstoid | Wolfpack | Mothman | False Hydra | Guardian Angel | Bogeyman | Lemur | Skeleton | Hellhound | Angler |
| Inflamed | Steam Punk | Rampager | Drake | Plaguehurler | Phoenix | Imp | Compostling | Devil | Flamespren | Fishstick |
| Moist | Snowman | Leviathan | Merfolk | Deep One | Nimbus | Lake Lady | Serpent | Swampheap | Salamander | Trout |
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
10x10 Table of Monster Names, Presented Without Comment
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I like this. Can't quite put my finger on why though. Does the nerd brain simply crave categorization? Could be fun to include in a game as a pokemon type-ish thing, guess the type of the monster based on aesthetic/behavioural similarities to reveal its weakness, guess wrong and you're fucked. E.g. fay share weakness to iron, hauntings to salt, double them up against a vampire or a bogeyman for massive damage, but make sure they're not part-bestial because those things will only drive them into a mindless rage. Or whatever.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea!
DeleteThe categories started as a way to color-code my minis, so I'll need to make the weaknesses a little bit more broadly defined. Eg: haunting monsters all have have an aversion to symbols of purity, but not necessarily always salt. But that still would let this color-coding double as a way of seamlessly adding puzzle elements to encounters and rewarding player skill.
And yes, in designing this categorization system, I think I accidentally stumbled upon catnip for the part of my brain that likes clean lines. I didn't even mean to make this table. It just sort of happened. The colors compelled me.
Are the columns kinda nouns and the rows kinda verbs?
ReplyDeleteOh, I didn't put nearly so much thought into it as that. But the rows are 'looser' than the columns, I guess you could say.
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