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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 9554940" data-attributes="member: 22779">I think it would probably help to be a bit more specific about how you would achieve a monster &quot;feeling&quot; like a specific monster.&nbsp; I do believe 4e used this a lot for it's monster design.&nbsp; Some monsters were meant to be really slippery in combat, so, they would have extra movement before or after an attack which didn't trigger enemy attacks.&nbsp; Some monsters were meant to feel like real powerhouses, so, they had attacks that pushed an enemy.&nbsp; That sort of thing.&nbsp; Plus, the whole &quot;striker&quot; &quot;skirmisher&quot; &quot;brute&quot; etc thing really did manage to distinguish monsters from each other. Which, because the monsters were designed around a specific &quot;feel&quot; meant that if you reskinned the monster, you would reskin a monster with a similar feel.&nbsp; No one reskins a giant frog as a turret.&nbsp; That's just silly.&nbsp; But, you might reskin an artillery monster as another artillery monster.&nbsp; Sure, that means it's harder to reskin anything as anything else, but, within a given theme of a monster, reskinning is pretty easy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 9554940, member: 22779"] I think it would probably help to be a bit more specific about how you would achieve a monster "feeling" like a specific monster. I do believe 4e used this a lot for it's monster design. Some monsters were meant to be really slippery in combat, so, they would have extra movement before or after an attack which didn't trigger enemy attacks. Some monsters were meant to feel like real powerhouses, so, they had attacks that pushed an enemy. That sort of thing. Plus, the whole "striker" "skirmisher" "brute" etc thing really did manage to distinguish monsters from each other. Which, because the monsters were designed around a specific "feel" meant that if you reskinned the monster, you would reskin a monster with a similar feel. No one reskins a giant frog as a turret. That's just silly. But, you might reskin an artillery monster as another artillery monster. Sure, that means it's harder to reskin anything as anything else, but, within a given theme of a monster, reskinning is pretty easy. [/QUOTE]

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