Stendhal/Creature Organization/Examples

Option 1: Reduce number of creature categories

animal.xml

• Merge the following:
  • small_animal.xml
  • crocodile
  • giant spider
  • giantrat
  • king cobra

human.xml

• Merge the following:
  • amazoness.xml
  • chaos.xml
  • madaram.xml

hybrid.xml

• Merge the following into this file:
  • beholder.xml
  • demon.xml (optionally to undead.xml)
  • elemental.xml
  • frogman.xml
  • gargoyle.xml
  • giant.xml
  • goblin.xml
  • golem.xml
  • kobold.xml
  • minotaur.xml
  • oni.xml
  • orc.xml
  • ratfolk.xml
  • sheepman.xml
  • troll.xml
  • cat woman
  • dark mutant
  • dwarf golem
  • giant kobold
  • glow monster
  • imperial experiment
  • imperial mutant
  • lamia
  • naga, <creature "high naga<creature> & <creature>armed naga" not found>
  • thing
  • werewolf

mythical_animal

• Merge the following:
  • green dragon
  • blue dragon
  • red dragon
  • twin headed dragon
  • <creature "golden flying dragon" not found>
  • black dragon
  • bone dragon (optionally to undead.xml)
  • chaos green dragonrider (optionally to human.xml)
  • chaos red dragonrider (optionally to human.xml)

mythical_being

• Merge the following into this file:
  • elf.xml
  • albino_elf.xml
  • dark_elf.xml
  • dwarf.xml
  • fairy.xml
  • gnome.xml

undead.xml

• Merge the following:
  • mummy.xml
  • vampire.xml
  • black death
  • golden death
  • zombie rat (optional)

Option 2: Create more creature categories

lamia.xml

• Move all nagas and lamia from mutant.xml into new lamia.xml.
• aruthon.xml: robot aruthon & dark aruthon.
• skeleton.xml: tiny skelly, skeleton, warrior skeleton, demon skeleton, gashadokuro.
• zombie.xml: zombie, bloody zombie, rotten zombie, headless monster
• undead_animal.xml: zombie rat, ghost hound
• phantom.xml: ghost, green phantom, death, black death, golden death, invisible man, incorporeal armor
• lich.xml: lich, high lich, dead lich
• monk.xml: monk, darkmonk, devil monk

Other changes

• Move tiny skelly from hybrid.xml to undead.xml or skeleton.xml.

mythical_animal

• Move black dragon to dragon.xml.
• Move balrog to hybrid.xml.

Questionable changes

• Move nymph from elemental.xml to either fairy.xml or hybrid.xml.
• Move djinn from elemental.xml to hybrid.xml.
• Move imperial demon servant & imperial demon lord to imperial.xml.
• Move devil queen to hybrid.xml