Draft:Monster

Omega 0.90.4

@Historical adventurer (Draft article) @Historical officeholder (Draft article) @Itinerant merchant (Draft article) @Master thief (Draft article) @Mendicant priest (Draft article) @Merchant (Draft article) @Militant priest (Draft article) @Ordinary human (Draft article) @Sneak-thief (Draft article) @Were-human (Draft article) AAir elemental (Draft article) AArchangel (Draft article) AAutomatum major (Draft article) AHigh angel (Draft article) AThe Elemental Lord of Air (Draft article) aAcid cloud (Draft article) aAngel (Draft article) aAnteater (Draft article) aAutomatum minor (Draft article) aGiant soldier ant (Draft article) BBehemoth (Draft article) BBog thing (Draft article) bBadger (Draft article) bBan sidhe (Draft article) bBandersnatch (Draft article) bBear (Draft article) bBlipper (Draft article) bBorogrove (Draft article) bBrigand (Draft article) bStriped bass (Draft article) CCatoblepas (Draft article) CComa beast (Draft article) cCamel (Draft article) cGiant crocodile (Draft article) cRadeligian cateagle (Draft article) cServant of chaos (Draft article) DDeath (Draft article) DDemon Emperor (Draft article) DDemon prince (Draft article) DDragon (Draft article) DDragon Lord (Draft article) DInner circle demon (Draft article) dDeathstar (Draft article) dDeer (Draft article) dDoberman death-hound (Draft article) dDragonette (Draft article) dOuter circle demon (Draft article) EEarth elemental (Draft article) EEater of Magic (Draft article) EThe Elemental Lord of Earth (Draft article) eElephant (Draft article) eEnchanter (Draft article) eEtheric grue (Draft article) eFloating eye (Draft article) FAstral fuzzy (Draft article) FFire elemental (Draft article) FFlame devil (Draft article) FFrost demon lord (Draft article) FIllusory fiend (Draft article) FThe Elemental Lord of Fire (Draft article) fAggravator fungus (Draft article) fEvil fairy (Draft article) fFnord (Draft article) fFrost demon (Draft article) fGood fairy (Draft article) fLesser frost demon (Draft article) fMurk fungus (Draft article) GElder etheric grue (Draft article) GGoblin chieftain (Draft article) GGoblin shaman (Draft article) GGuardsman (Draft article) gGhost (Draft article) gGoblin (Draft article) gGrunt (Draft article) gPencil-necked geek (Draft article) hHaunt (Draft article) hHawk (Draft article) hHornet (Draft article) hHorse (Draft article) hHyena (Draft article) iInvisible slayer (Draft article) JJabberwock (Draft article) JJotun (Draft article) jJub-jub bird (Draft article) KGoblin King (Draft article) LLawBringer (Draft article) LLich (Draft article) lLion (Draft article) lServant of law (Draft article) MMan o' war (Draft article) MManticore (Draft article) MThe Elemental Master (Draft article) mMamba (Draft article) mManaburst (Draft article) mMirror master (Draft article) mMirrorshade (Draft article) NNazgul (Draft article) nApprentice ninja (Draft article) nsIncubus / succubus (Draft article) nNecromancer (Draft article) nNight gaunt (Draft article) nNinja (chunin) (Draft article) nNinja (genin) (Draft article) nNinja (jonin) (Draft article) nsNymph / satyr (Draft article) nTransparent nasty (Draft article) PPterodactyl (Draft article) pParrot (Draft article) pPhantasticon (Draft article) pPhantom (Draft article) qQuail (Draft article) RHousehold robot (Draft article) RRakshasa (Draft article) rRabbit (Draft article) rRicochet (Draft article) rRodent of unusual size (Draft article) rSewer rat (Draft article) SDemon serpent (Draft article) SLoathly serpent (Draft article) SSandman (Draft article) SShadow slayer (Draft article) SShadow spirit (Draft article) SSpectre (Draft article) sDenebian slime devil (Draft article) sSalamander (Draft article) sSheep (Draft article) sSwarm (Draft article) THigh thaumaturgist (Draft article) TTasmanian devil (Draft article) TThought-form (Draft article) TTigershark (Draft article) TTriceratops (Draft article) TTriton (Draft article) tTesla monster (Draft article) tTorpor beast (Draft article) tTove (Draft article) tTrout (Draft article) tTse-tse fly (Draft article) UUnicorn (Draft article) VAstral vampire (Draft article) VVampire lord (Draft article) WGreat Wyrm (Draft article) WKing wyvern (Draft article) WLava worm (Draft article) WThe Elemental Lord of Water (Draft article) WWater elemental (Draft article) WWyvern (Draft article) wWolf (Draft article) ZZombie overlord (Draft article) |Lurker at the threshold (Draft article)

Monsters are the creatures and embodied characters encountered in Omega, including peaceful residents, hostile opponents and unique quest figures. Their symbol alone is not a reliable identity: several creatures share a character and color, while some change appearance during generation or play.

This index covers the 150 creature templates in Omega 0.90.4, each linked to an independent public draft. Historical identities and generated forms are explained in their corresponding articles; the template count is not a count of distinct species or of every named NPC.

Encounters and behavior

Ordinary monster generation selects from a difficulty-dependent range and rejects templates reserved for special construction. Fixed maps, dungeon finales, summoning and historical characters use additional paths. A creature listed at level 0 is not necessarily harmless: the guardsman has far more HP and combat strength than many early random opponents.

Countryside encounters expand a monster's awareness to the width of the encounter map. A missile user can therefore attack from farther away than the ordinary sensing range quoted in its article, although the ranged routine still needs line of sight and its other conditions. Arena opponents also receive expanded awareness.

Being awake and being hostile are different states. A sleeping creature can awaken without becoming hostile. Special abilities have their own conditions, so peace alone is not proof that every nearby power is harmless; the automatum minor is an example. See Monster behavior for awareness, pursuit, retreat and needs, and the actual creature for its specific interactions.

Arena forms

The arena begins with a fixed sequence of creature types. Later matches can draw random ordinary creatures from the level-0 through level-8 template range, excluding the three dynamic NPC templates and creatures whose attack-damage setting is zero. The latter filter does not guarantee an actual melee sequence: a quail, for example, has a nonzero damage setting but no attacks.

An arena opponent is named, awake and hostile. Compared with its ordinary template, it gains ten HP per base level, twice the hit score and half again the damage setting, rounded down. That damage increase can also strengthen effects such as poison. It is copied directly into the arena, bypassing ordinary starting possessions, and receives the exit-opening item. Its normal death reliably leaves remains. An ordinary infobox therefore does not describe the strengthened arena form; fixed opponents have comparisons in their articles.

Reading creature data

Monster level is a game parameter, not a universal difficulty rating. HP and combat scores describe the stated form; an arena opponent or historical resident can differ from the ordinary creature. Action interval is the delay between scheduled monster actions: lower numbers are faster. One such action can execute an entire tactical attack sequence, so it is not necessarily one swing.

Information	Meaning
Hit and defense	Scores used by attack checks; defense is not armor absorption
Damage roll	Raw damage before the player's applicable immunity or absorption; a rating of 20 normally rolls 0–19
Attack sequence	Number and kind of attempted attacks, plus defensive actions; each attack must satisfy its own checks
Immunities	Damage/effect types resisted by this creature; these do not automatically describe benefits from eating its remains
Carried items	Possessions that can be dropped, distinct from a corpse or alchemical product created after death

Ordinary landed physical damage still costs at least one HP unless immunity prevents it. Secondary effects such as life drain are separate from ordinary absorption. See Monster attacks for incoming attack sequences and powers, Defense and protection for protection, and Melee attacks for player combat actions.

Monster spellcasting

Many monsters share a random spell repertoire determined by their base level. See Monster spellcasting for the complete effect table, probabilities and casting conditions; dedicated attacks and summons remain on individual creature pages.

Resisting a spell

The shared repertoire checks magic resistance before selecting an effect. College or Circle membership can provide an earlier counterspell attempt, with a strict mana requirement. The full resistance formulas distinguish this from later damage immunity.

Remains

Possessions and remains are separate rewards. Normal death drops carried items, while an ordinary creature has a 50% chance to leave its corpse or other remains. Named unique forms normally leave remains on normal death. Destruction or disappearance that bypasses normal death need not provide either reward.

Ordinary edible remains, such as bunnyburgers and trunk steak, each add six food-reserve points; one point is consumed by a normal hourly hunger check. Body size and a fancy food name do not increase that nourishment. Do not keep eating after you are full: food reserve above 48 causes vomiting and falls to 12. Eating while travelling on the country map also runs an hourly check, so the meal's nominal nutrition is not always the net change.

Other remains may poison you, produce a special effect, provide little food or be inedible. A creature's own immunities do not automatically become benefits from eating its remains. Check the individual article before eating or taking remains to an alchemist. Likewise, edible prey are not necessarily hungry animals that can be pacified by feeding: living behavior and corpse effects are separate properties.

Creature directory

Entries are grouped by their template level for comparison. HP / interval gives baseline HP and action interval; historical templates use variable values. Ordinary pool eligibility does not imply equal encounter probability or guarantee an appearance in every location. The special-placement rows identify a different generation route, not an additional ordinary pool. The elemental lords and Elemental Master occupy successive Astral Plane levels, with their listed Orbs as fixed possessions.

Some forms need additional explanation: the nymph/satyr and incubus/succubus templates are displayed as n or s after ordinary construction, rather than their source placeholder. Their generated names overlap, while the corpse names distinguish the underlying templates. Historical officeholders and adventurers also receive their actual identity and combat values during construction.

Level 0

Symbol	Creature	HP / interval	Encounter and article
h	Hornet	1 / 1	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
@	Mendicant priest	30 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
@	Itinerant merchant	15 / 7	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
G	Guardsman	150 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
@	Historical adventurer	Variable	Variable historical identity; Draft article. Historical resident; name, form and combat data depend on the saved history.
s	Sheep	5 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
@	Merchant	16 / 6	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article. Village trade uses this merchant template.
@	Ordinary human	10 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article. Generated with a variable human description.
@	Historical officeholder	Variable	Variable historical identity; Draft article. Special construction supplies a named officeholder and changes the baseline data; see Duke, Justiciar and high priests.

Level 1

Symbol	Creature	HP / interval	Encounter and article
g	Grunt	25 / 8	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
t	Tse-tse fly	1 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
f	Fnord	1 / 10	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
r	Sewer rat	5 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
f	Aggravator fungus	12 / 10	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
b	Blipper	50 / 24	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
g	Goblin	8 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
p	Phantasticon	10 / 9	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
R	Household robot	5 / 12	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
g	Pencil-necked geek	1 / 8	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
b	Borogrove	6 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
q	Quail	3 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
b	Badger	13 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
h	Hawk	7 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
d	Deer	23 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
c	Camel	30 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
a	Anteater	20 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
r	Rabbit	3 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
t	Trout	3 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
b	Striped bass	1 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
p	Parrot	5 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
h	Hyena	10 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.

Level 2

Symbol	Creature	HP / interval	Encounter and article
n	Apprentice ninja	20 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
n	Night gaunt	30 / 6	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
@	Sneak-thief	32 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
e	Floating eye	25 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
t	Tove	30 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
n	Transparent nasty	32 / 8	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
g	Ghost	32 / 20	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
e	Enchanter	20 / 8	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
f	Murk fungus	7 / 12	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
G	Goblin chieftain	25 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
w	Wolf	40 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
a	Giant soldier ant	20 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
e	Elephant	100 / 12	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
h	Horse	50 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
p	Phantom	1 / 10	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.

Level 3

Symbol	Creature	HP / interval	Encounter and article
s	Salamander	35 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
C	Catoblepas	100 / 8	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
f	Lesser frost demon	15 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
a	Acid cloud	10 / 20	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
K	Goblin King	32 / 5	Special placement; Draft article. Goblin Caves, final cavern.
P	Pterodactyl	42 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
G	Goblin shaman	25 / 6	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
l	Lion	60 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
b	Brigand	30 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
b	Bear	70 / 10	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
m	Mamba	10 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
M	Man o' war	40 / 7	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
@	Were-human	40 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article. Generated with a variable human description.
T	Thought-form	4 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.

Level 4

Symbol	Creature	HP / interval	Encounter and article
M	Manticore	100 / 6	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
T	Tasmanian devil	50 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
a	Automatum minor	100 / 7	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
s	Denebian slime devil	75 / 12	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
j	Jub-jub bird	50 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
h	Haunt	50 / 7	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
ns	Incubus / succubus	50 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article. Ordinary construction displays n or s and names the creature nymph or satyr; its remains distinguish the incubus/succubus template.
ns	Nymph / satyr	50 / 6	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article. Generated form follows the player's preference and a random choice where applicable.
c	Giant crocodile	80 / 8	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
t	Torpor beast	40 / 12	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
d	Doberman death-hound	40 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
F	Astral fuzzy	40 / 1	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
l	Servant of law	30 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
c	Servant of chaos	40 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
s	Swarm	40 / 10	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
b	Ban sidhe	40 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
e	Etheric grue	50 / 6	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
n	Ninja (genin)	40 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.

Level 5

Symbol	Creature	HP / interval	Encounter and article
d	Dragonette	50 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
t	Tesla monster	50 / 12	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
W	Wyvern	100 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
c	Radeligian cateagle	50 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
f	Frost demon	75 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
S	Spectre	75 / 6	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
n	Necromancer	50 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
S	Shadow spirit	40 / 7	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
B	Bog thing	80 / 12	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
V	Astral vampire	40 / 6	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
W	Lava worm	100 / 10	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
m	Manaburst	1 / 20	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
d	Outer circle demon	120 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
m	Mirrorshade	40 / 6	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.

Level 6

Symbol	Creature	HP / interval	Encounter and article
F	Fire elemental	125 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
A	Air elemental	125 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
W	Water elemental	100 / 6	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
E	Earth elemental	200 / 15	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
b	Bandersnatch	100 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
L	Lich	100 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
T	Triton	100 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
@	Master thief	100 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article. Initially displayed as human; its remains and guild dialogue identify a master thief.
T	Triceratops	200 / 8	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
R	Rakshasa	100 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
S	Demon serpent	100 / 7	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
a	Angel	120 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
n	Ninja (chunin)	100 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.

Level 7

Symbol	Creature	HP / interval	Encounter and article
B	Behemoth	300 / 15	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
N	Nazgul	250 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
U	Unicorn	100 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
r	Rodent of unusual size	150 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
F	Illusory fiend	100 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
W	Great Wyrm	250 / 5	Special placement; Draft article.
F	Flame devil	150 / 1	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
|	Lurker at the threshold	150 / 1	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
S	Sandman	50 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
m	Mirror master	50 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
G	Elder etheric grue	150 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
S	Loathly serpent	150 / 8	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
Z	Zombie overlord	100 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
r	Ricochet	50 / 1	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
D	Inner circle demon	240 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.

Level 8

Symbol	Creature	HP / interval	Encounter and article
f	Good fairy	1 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article. Displays the name fairy; distinct peaceful wish-granting species.
f	Evil fairy	100 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article. Displays the name fairy; distinct hostile and harmful species.
A	Automatum major	500 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
D	Dragon	500 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
J	Jabberwock	500 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
F	Frost demon lord	350 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
T	Tigershark	350 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
n	Ninja (jonin)	250 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
S	Shadow slayer	250 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
@	Militant priest	250 / 6	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
C	Coma beast	150 / 5	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
A	High angel	250 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.

Level 9

Symbol	Creature	HP / interval	Encounter and article
J	Jotun	750 / 8	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
i	Invisible slayer	1000 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
W	King wyvern	700 / 3	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
d	Deathstar	500 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
T	High thaumaturgist	250 / 4	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
V	Vampire lord	750 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
A	Archangel	1000 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.
D	Demon prince	800 / 2	Ordinary pool candidate; Draft article.

Level 10

Symbol	Creature	HP / interval	Encounter and article
E	Eater of Magic	1000 / 5	Special placement; Draft article. Magic Isle.
L	LawBringer	500 / 5	Special placement; Draft article. Star Peak.
D	Dragon Lord	2000 / 1	Special placement; Draft article. Dragon's Lair.
D	Demon Emperor	3000 / 2	Special placement; Draft article. HellWell Volcano.
E	The Elemental Lord of Earth	2000 / 12	Special placement; Draft article. Special elemental-plane encounter; carries the Orb of Air.
A	The Elemental Lord of Air	1000 / 1	Special placement; Draft article. Special elemental-plane encounter; carries the Orb of Earth.
W	The Elemental Lord of Water	1500 / 5	Special placement; Draft article. Special elemental-plane encounter; carries the Orb of Fire.
F	The Elemental Lord of Fire	1500 / 3	Special placement; Draft article. Special elemental-plane encounter; carries the Orb of Water.
M	The Elemental Master	1000 / 2	Special placement; Draft article. Special final encounter; carries the Orb of Mastery.

Level 100

Symbol	Creature	HP / interval	Encounter and article
D	Death	100 / 10	Special placement; Draft article. Special endgame construction and repeated pursuit; ordinary random generation excludes this template.

Related creatures and characters

Trifids are dangerous terrain rather than members of the creature-template array. Narrative service characters are not automatically combat monsters either. For named and historical figures, see historical adventurers, the Duke, high priests, and the people linked from Rampart.