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> (optional)
  • <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

aquatic_animal.xml (optionally in animal.xml)

• <creature>crab</creature>

arachnid (optionally in animal.xml)

• <creature>spider</creature> & <creature>poisonous spider</creature>

beholder.xml

No changes

chaos

WAITING

demon.xml

• <creature>demon</creature>
• <creature>imp</creature> & <creature>winged blue imp</creature>

dwarf.xml

Optionally leave as is or split into dwarf.xml, mountain_dwarf.xml & duergar.xml

elf.xml, albino_elf.xml & dark_elf.xml

Optionally leave as is or merge into elf.xml

ent.xml

No changes

fowl.xml (optionally in animal.xml)

• <creature>chick</creature>
• <creature>chicken</creature>
• <creature>mother hen</creature>
• <creature>penguin</creature>
• <creature>pigeon</creature>

frogman.xml

No changes

gargoyle.xml

Optionally leave as is or merge with golem.xml

golem.xml

• Merge the following:
  • <creature>dwarf golem</creature>

imperial.xml

• Optionally merge the following
  • <creature>imperial demon servant</creature>
  • <creature>imperial demon lord</creature>

mammal.xml (optionally in animal.xml)

• <creature>babybear</creature> & <creature>panda</creature>
• <creature>bat</creature> & <creature>killer bat</creature>
• <creature>bear</creature> & <creature>black bear</creature>
• <creature>beaver</creature>
• <creature>boar</creature>
• <creature>cow</creature> & <creature>bull</creature>
• <creature>deer</creature>
• <creature>elephant</creature>
• <creature>fox</creature>
• <creature>goat</creature>
• <creature>horse</creature> & <creature>white horse</creature>
• <creature>killer bee</creature>
• <creature>lion</creature> & <creature>tiger</creature>
• <creature>monkey</creature>
• <creature>piglet</creature>
• <creature>ram</creature>
• <creature>rat</creature>, <creature>caverat</creature>, <creature>venomrat</creature>, <creature>razorrat</creature> & <creature>giantrat</creature>
• <creature>wolf</creature> & <creature>big bad world</creature>

naga.xml

• <creatrue>lamia</creature>
• <creature>naga</creature>, <creature>high naga</creature>, <creature>armed naga</creature>

reptile.xml (optionally in animal.xml)

• <creature>caiman</creature> & <creature>crocodile</creature>
• <creature>cobra</creature> & <creature>giant cobra</creature>
• <creature>snake</creature> & <creature>grass snake</creature>

slime.xml

• <creature>green sliime</creature>, <creature>brown slime</creature>, <creature>black slime</creature> & <creature>twilight slime</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