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<blockquote data-quote="VelvetViolet" data-source="post: 6188747" data-attributes="member: 6686357">I'm all for new creature types, if you really, really think that your new monster can't be classified under existing creature types (e.g Relics &amp; Rituals: Excalibur adds the spirit type, but BOED's deathless are more appropriate as an undead subtype since they are affected by undead-affecting spells). But right now there's far too much overlap in creature types.Monstrous humanoid is a perfect example, since many humanoids with animalistic or monstrous features are NOT classified as monstrous humanoids (e.g. gnolls, catfolk, ratfolk, kobolds, pretty much all the furry races basically). Why is fey a separate type from humanoid? The description for fey admits that most of them are humanoid, so they could easily be classified as a subtype of humanoid or magical beast. Vermin should be an animal subtype (which also opens up animal spells to to apply to vermin, which still makes sense). Dragons should be magical beasts (and humanoids), because dragons are basically reptilian magical beasts (and they don't need to have better hit dice and skills by default).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="VelvetViolet, post: 6188747, member: 6686357"] I'm all for new creature types, if you really, [I]really[/I] think that your new monster can't be classified under existing creature types (e.g [I]Relics & Rituals: Excalibur[/I] adds the spirit type, but BOED's deathless are more appropriate as an undead subtype since they are affected by undead-affecting spells). But right now there's far too much overlap in creature types. Monstrous humanoid is a perfect example, since many humanoids with animalistic or monstrous features are NOT classified as monstrous humanoids (e.g. gnolls, catfolk, ratfolk, kobolds, pretty much all the furry races basically). Why is fey a separate type from humanoid? The description for fey admits that most of them are humanoid, so they could easily be classified as a subtype of humanoid or magical beast. Vermin should be an animal subtype (which also opens up animal spells to to apply to vermin, which still makes sense). Dragons should be magical beasts (and humanoids), because dragons are basically reptilian magical beasts (and they don't need to have better hit dice and skills by default). [/QUOTE]

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