Monster Classes

Category:Concepts
Category:Dungeon Fantasy
Monster Classes (or simply Class) are a concept introduced in Dungeon Fantasy 2: Dungeons as a shorthand for what sort of abilities a creature might have and, importantly, what spells and Advantages might work upon it.DFRPG: Monsters, p.14
Class 	Description
Animal 	Available in Giant (huge) and Dire (mutant). Affected by Animal spells. Dire and Giant animals tend to be more ornery.
Construct 	Incorruptible magical servants and animated machines.
Demon 	Unholy entities from Heck. Can be Banished. Often affected by holy items and holy individuals.
Divine Servitor	Extraplanar beings not from Heck. They often have important business to attend to, and important messages to deliver.
Elder Thing 	Unfathomably alien, often hostile to ordinary life. Technically not magical, but strange nonetheless.
Elemental 	Earth, wind, water, fire -- and many others. Primal spirits.
Faerie 	Free-willed living things with some fundamental magic to them.
Hybrid 	Animal hybrids. Most canons would probably lump in hybrids with Dire animals.
Mundane 	Most sapient creatures. Bandits, bugbears, dinomen and wildmen. Dragons are counted as Mundane in DFRPG, but that may be an oversight.
Plant 	Living things that grow in the ground, affected by Plant spells and Plant Empathy. Includes fungi!
Slime 	Diffuse, blobby things with seemingly no mind.
Spirit 	Incorporeal and certainly not living...
Undead 	A necromantically revived creature. Can be combined with other monster classes.
== Examples ==
*Animal, Regular: Anything out of the Basic Set such a Bear, Chimp, etc
*Animal, Giant: Dire Wolf, Giant Rat
*Animal, Dire: Acid Spider, Flesh-Eating Ape, Foul Bat (Batchala), Frost Snake, Triger
*Construct: Golems
*Demon: as-SharakDungeon Fantasy 2: Dungeons, p.22, as-Sharak (Aloakasa) ""Dungeon Fantasy 14: Psi "", p.41, CentipedaurDungeon Fantasy Monsters 5: Demons, Demon (Petty)Dungeon Fantasy 9: Summoners, p.32-33, Demon (Standard)Dungeon Fantasy 9: Summoners, p.34, Demon of OldMonsters 1, p.10, Demon Stallion, Demonic CloudDungeon Fantasy 6: 40 Artifacts, p.22, DevilkinDungeon Fantasy 9: Summoners, p.33, DoomchildDungeon Fantasy 2: Dungeons, p.22, Expituum, Flame Servant Demon ""Mirror of the Fire Demon "", p.46, Hellhound ""Dungeon Fantasy 5: Allies "", p.26, Hellfire Skull, ImpDungeon Fantasy 5: Allies, p.27, Incubus/Succubus, Lilithid, OdifierDungeon Fantasy 14: Psi , p.44, PeshkaliDungeon Fantasy 2: Dungeons: Dungeons, p.25, ToxifierDungeon Fantasy 2: Dungeons: Dungeons, p.26, Zaffeer and more (see Demons)
*Divine Servitor: Angelic Emissary, CiuacláDFRPG: Monsters, p.18, NankilstlaniPyramid 3/98: Welcome to Dungeon Fantasy, p.17, ApepPyramid 3/118: Dungeon Trips, p.29, AngelDFRPG Monsters 2, p.4, NagaDFRPG Monsters 2, p.30
*Elder Thing: Astral SpiderPyramid 3/80, Chaos Ooze, Deep OnePyramid 3/113, GrüPyramid 3/98, Hungry RoomPyramid 3/76, Intruder, Tentacles!, The One Who Eats, Void Wyrm
*Elemental: Air Elementals, Earth Elementals, Fire Elementals, Metal Elementals, Void Elementals, Water Elementals, Wood Elementals
*Faerie: Anything in Classic; Faerie; Sword SpiritDungeon Fantasy Monsters 1, p.29, Shoulder DragonDungeon Fantasy 5: Allies, p.28, DoppelgangerDungeon Fantasy Monsters 3: Born of Myth & Magic, p.7, DryadDungeon Fantasy 3: The Next Level, p.9, HarpyClassic: Greece pg 100Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 3: Born of Myth & Magic, p.11, Bandit-SnatcherPyramid 3/98: Welcome to Dungeon Fantasy, p.11-12, NagaPyramid 3/113: Dungeon Fantasies, p.26Dragons p 144, Nix, Sea HagPyramid 3/113, p.27See Hags for converted Classic write-up
*Hybrid: 
*Mundane:
*Plant: Crushroom
*Slime: Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 2: Icky Goo
*Undead:
== Notes ==
== References ==
* Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 1, p.4