Monster Moods

Not every monster should attack on sight;

Best Left Buried becomes too lethal in that
case. For ideas, assign a monster one of the
following categories, and roll for its mood
or activity when first encountered. This
idea borrows heavily from Troika, which
rocks.
These, even more than other random
tables, are guidelines and not rules. If a roll Zini 6: Monsters
doesn't make sense, re-roll or replace it. Published by SoulMuppet Publishing (www.soulmuppet.co.uk)
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unless it poses a beastly challenge for

Monster Moods high level characters. Players like
hitting monsters, so increase Vigour
General Abominations Great Beasts Critters Hunter- Guards
D6 Horror, Demon, Dragon, Manticore, Rats, Goblins, Birds Gatherers Soldiers, Orcs, instead or give it an Advancement like
Elemental Giant Rats, Goblins, Birds Bandits
Ironshelled or Hex-Proof.
1 Helpful Skulking Sleepy Distracted Cautious Distracted
• List what the monster is good and bad
at, to increase its flavour. It has the
2 Friendly Gibbering Satiated Inquisitive Unobservant Tenacious
Upper Hand on things it is good at and is
Against The Odds at things it is bad at.
3 Indifferent Feeding Bored Skittish Friendly Lazy
To convert monsters from D20 roleplaying
4 Wary Sleeping Hungry Opportunistic Lurking Corruptible games, give D6 Vigour and 1 Grip per “Hit
Die”. Armour 8 is about 10 AC, increased by
5 Unfriendly Hungry Ravenous Hungry Unfriendly Arguing one for every two points of AC.

6 Hostile Aggressive Enraged Playful Scheming Alert

More Monster Moods

D6 Constructs Cultists Otherworlders Brigands Civilians
Rats, Goblins, Birds Wizards, Priests, Imps, Elementals, Raiders, Bandits, Merchant, Captive,
Acolytes Poltergeists Adventurers Slave

1 Oblivious Enraptured Nattering Argumentative Fearful

2 Confused Suspicious Etherial Plundering Confused

Monster Adaptations
3 Indifferent Paranoid Destructive Resting Shocked Give a monster any Advancements that
make sense, or one of the Adaptations
4 Defensive Deceptive Deceitful Unaware Supplicative listed inside.
If a monster with no Grip has an
5 Implacable Ensorcelled Furious Curious Helpful
Advancement requiring Grip, it spends 2
Vigour for each point of Grip instead.
6 Enraged Violent Dispassionate Violent Panicking
Acidic: Spend 2 Grip to damage a metal
tool, Weapon or Armour in the same Zone.
This permanently reduces damage or Ar-
mour by 1, or imposes Against The Odds on
the tool’s Stat Checks. If 3 of these effects
stack, the object breaks.
Amorphous: Spend 1 Grip to don a new
form which may be obvious (like a Slime
taking a new shape) or impossible to detect
(like a Doppelgänger or other sinister
shapeshifter).
Aquatic: This aquatic or amphibious crea-
ture has the Upper Hand on underwater
Stat Checks.
Beetle-Flesh: When killed, the monster
turns into a swarm of rats, bats, worms or
insects. If they are not all destroyed, it re-
forms in D6 days.
Blinking: Spend 1 Grip as an action to dis-
appear from view and move up to D3 Zones
away. Wit Checks to Escape with this
movement are Trivial.
Bloodthirsty: The monster has the Upper
Hand to Attack targets with less than half
their Maximum Vigour.
Bloodscent: The monster has the Upper
Hand on Observation Checks to detect tar-
gets with less than half their Maximum Vi-
gour.
Brittleskinned: Attacks against the mon-
ster have the Upper Hand.
Compressible: The monster is unimpeded
in tight spaces, possibly quickening or al-
lowing movement through some Impass-
able zones.
Corpsemover: Spend 1 Grip as an action to
make a humanoid corpse do something un-
natural, like glow, stand up or dance.
Devour: As an action, attempt to consume a
creature it has Restrained via in the same
Zone. The target must pass a Brawn or Wit
Check or is Restrained and can make a
Brawn or Wit Check on their next turn to
Escape. On a subsequent turn the monster
can repeat the action to make their target
pass another Brawn Check or Wit Check or
be fully consumed. The end result varies by
the Monster, but usually the target loses
Vigour and Grip, suffers Injuries or even
dies.
Disguise: The monster can pass as a mun-
dane object like a statue, a floor, a wall or
furniture. Observation Checks may be re-
quired to notice it.
Disorganised: Each additional Upper Hand
gained from Ganging Up requires 3 identi-
cal monsters instead of 2. Example: 2 mon-
sters: Normal, 3 monsters: Upper Hand, 4
monsters: Upper Hand, 5 monsters: Upper
Hand, 6 monsters: 2x Upper Hand.
Elemental: Choose an elemental type for
the monster. Its attacks count as magical
and deal that element’s damage. Also, At-
tacks of that element against the monster
are Against The Odds.
Ethereal: Attacks from non-magical
Weapons against the monster are Against
The Odds.
Fearsome: The first time a character sees
the monster, they must roll a Grip Check.
Fear of the Light: The monster’s Stat
Checks, Observation Checks and Attacks
are Against The Odds while in sunlight.
Fire-Breathing: The monster can use 1-2
Vigour as Grip on a 1:1 basis to use Fire &
Lightning Strange (Zini 3).
Flame-Wreathed: If a creature ends its
turn in the same Zone as one or more mon-
sters with this Adaptation, it loses 1 Vigour.
Monsters with this Adaptation are un-
affected.
Flesh-Gorging: As an action, the monster
can feast on a recently deceased corpse, re-
covering D6 Vigour on a successful Brawn
Check.
Flying: The monster can use its move to fly
into Zones in the air.
Gelatinous Grip: This monster’s Attacks
Restrain creatures who fail a Brawn Check.
Restrained creatures must use their action
to roll a Brawn or Wit Check to escape.
Hex-Addled: This monster is Against The
Odds on Stat Checks to resist magical
effects, and magical Attacks against the
monster have the Upper Hand.
Hex-Proof: This monster has the Upper
Hand on Stat Checks to resist magical
effects, and magical Attacks against the
monster are Against The Odds.
Hulking: Ranged Attacks made against the
monster have the Upper Hand.
Ironshelled: Weapon Attacks against the
monster are Against The Odds.
Lifedrinker: The monster regains 1 Vigour
for every 2 damage it inflicts, rounding up.
Luminescent: The monster fills a number
of Zones with light. Depending on its
power, this may be its Zone, every adjacent
Zone or even more.
Nimble: The monster has the Upper Hand
on Wit Checks to Escape.
Otherworldly Gaze: As an action, the mon-
ster’s gaze can force a creature to make an
Against The Odds Grip Check. If they fail,
they lose D3 Grip.
Quick Reflexes: Wit Checks made by crea-
tures trying to Escape the monster are
Against The Odds.
Rampage: Once per round when the Mon-
ster takes damage, it may immediately
make an Attack against a target in its Zone.
Razorclawed: The monster’s Attacks have
the Upper Hand.
Resistance: The Monster has the Upper
Hand on Stat Checks to resist 1 type of
damage (fire, slashing, bludgeoning, pierc-
ing, acid, lightning etc.) and Attacks of this
damage type are Against The Odds.
Petrifying Gaze: As an action the monster
can force an enemy in the same or adjacent
Zone to pass a Will Check or be Immobi-
lized as they begin turning to stone. If the
monster targets the same creature on a
subsequent turn, and they fail another Will
Check the target is fully turned to stone.
Powerful holy magic is required to restore
them, returning them to life Unconscious.
Shadowclad: While the monster is in
shadow, Observation Checks to notice it
are Against The Odds.
Soulfeast: The monster gains D3 Vigour
upon killing a creature.
Spider-Climb: The monster can stick to
walls or ceilings, quickening its movement
or allowing passage through some Impass-
able Zones.
Slippery: Attempts to Grapple or otherwise
Restrain the monster are Against The Odds.
Undead: The monster cannot be targeted
by mind altering magics and does not have
to eat, breathe or drink. Reduce its Initia-
tive by 1.
Unstoppable: This monster never rolls In-
juries; instead, it takes 1D6 additional
damage when Injured.
Violent End: The monster explodes when it
dies. Every creature in its Zone must pass a
Wit Check or take D3 damage.
Weakness: The monster is Against The
Odds on Stat Checks to resist 1 type of
damage (fire, slashing, bludgeoning, pierc-
ing, acid, lightning etc.) and Attacks
against it using this damage have the Up-
per Hand.
Wound-Knitting: The monster recovers D3
Vigour at the start of each of its turns. De-
pending on the monster, this might be dis-
abled by acid, cold, holy or fire damage.