[DF] More Monster Prefixes?

[PseudoFenton]

Originally Posted by Toadkiller_Dog

Rolling isn't in the book. Bruno wrote a very cool table of random prefixes, but the assumption in the book is that you are hand picking them.

Oh, In which case I think I've internalised Bruno... I must have read her roller and assumed it was always meant to be there. It is a very old school approach and one I like to use on occasion myself.

I actually have a few suffixes (and more prefixes) lined up for a future project, so I won't add any here. But yeah, suffixes are good too.

Woo, looking forward to them! Is said project a sequel/pyramid article or something else entirely?

And worrying about balance in DF is, in my opinion, a waste of time. This isn't level-balanced "appropriate for our party size and level" gaming, it's beer-and-pretzels monster killing. Stick some prefixes on to toughen things up, and let the chips (er, pretzels?) fall where they may. IMO, anyway.

No I agree, I was just pointing out that asking for something with so few criteria for its creation (due to them not being balanced or designed around any specific metric of improvement) can be a little silly. Anything can be a prefix, as I illustrated with my suffixes you can slap a name onto any powerful ability or concept and hey presto it's a monster modifier!

Therefore it begs the question of if there should be some sort of balance or scalar of improvement which can be conveyed to the user. Ie this monster modifier will make your monster different while this one will make it better and this one will make your players cry themselves to death.
I'm not saying it needs it, I happily threw out three very different "power level" improvements after my little ramble, but it is something I think needs to be addressed once you start compiling a list larger than your memory capacity. Its also a handy trait for a roller if you choose to use one, different modifiers go to the low numbers and lord of the seventh hells like suffixes go to the high numbers.

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by PseudoFenton

Oh, In which case I think I've internalised Bruno... I must have read her roller and assumed it was always meant to be there. It is a very old school approach and one I like to use on occasion myself.

I was clearly channeling the zeitgeist... or something.