Stendhal/Creature Organization/Examples

Option 1: Reduce number of creature categories

animal.xml

• Merge the following:
  • farm_animal.xml
  • small_animal.xml
  • <creature>crocodile</creature>
  • <creature>giant spider</creature>
  • <creature>giantrat</creature>
  • <creature>king cobra</creature>

human.xml

• Merge the following:
  • amazoness.xml
  • chaos.xml
  • madaram.xml
  • <creature>giant</creature>, <creature>elder giant</creature>, <creature>master giant</creature>, <creature>amazoness giant</creature>, <creature>ice giant</creature>, <creature>black giant</creature> (optionally to mythical_being.xml or hybrid.xml)

hybrid.xml

• Merge the following into this file:
  • beholder.xml
  • demon.xml (optionally to undead.xml)
  • elemental.xml (optionally to mythical_being.xml)
  • ent.xml (optionally to mythical_being.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
  • <creature>cat woman</creature>
  • <creature>dark mutant</creature>
  • <creature>devil queen</creature>
  • <creature>dwarf golem</creature>
  • <creature>giant kobold</creature>
  • <creature>glow monster</creature>
  • <creature>green slime</creature>, <creature>brown slime</creature>, <creature>black slime</creature>, <creature>twilight slime</creature>
  • <creature>imperial experiment</creature>
  • <creature>imperial mutant</creature>
  • <creature>lamia</creature>
  • <creature>naga</creature>, <creature>high naga</creature> & <creature>armed naga</creature>
  • <creature>thing</creature>
  • <creature>werewolf</creature>

mythical

• Merge the following:
  • albino_elf.xml
  • dark_elf.xml
  • dwarf.xml
  • elf.xml
  • fairy.xml
  • gnome.xml
  • mythical_being.xml
  • <creature>balrog</creature>
  • <creature>fallen angel</creature>, <creature>angel</creature>, <creature>archangel</creature>, <creature>dark angel</creature>, <creature>dark archangel</creature>
  • <creature>green dragon</creature>, <creature>blue dragon</creature>, <creature>red dragon</creature>, <creature>twin headed dragon</creature>, <creature>flying golden dragon</creature>, <creature>black dragon</creature>
  • <creature>bone dragon</creature> (optionally to undead.xml)
  • <creature>chaos green dragonrider</creature> (optionally to human.xml)
  • <creature>chaos red dragonrider</creature> (optionally to human.xml)

undead.xml

• Merge the following:
  • mummy.xml
  • vampire.xml
  • <creature>black death</creature>
  • <creature>gashadokuro</creature>
  • <creature>golden death</creature>
  • <creature>tiny skelly</creature>
  • <creature>zombie rat</creature> (optional)

Option 2: Create more creature categories

lamia.xml

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

Other changes

• Move <creature>tiny skelly</creature> from hybrid.xml to undead.xml or skeleton.xml.

mythical_animal

• Move <creature>black dragon</creature> to dragon.xml.
• Move <creature>balrog</creature> to hybrid.xml.

Questionable changes

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