D&D General Monster Threat Profile - need a better name than striker

[M.T. Black]

I'm working on an article that discusses the interplay between offensive capability (damage) and defensive capability (AC/hit points). I'm calling this a creatures "threat profile" though I'm happy to hear alternative suggestions.

I've created a quadrant graph and I'd really like a better name than "striker" which I took from 4E.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

DPS!

exits stage left, pursued by angry grognards

 

[MerricB]

Glass Cannon.

A lot of the terms I'm coming up with are too specific (e.g. sniper).

 

[bedir than]

Skirmisher (imperfect because it implies movement)

 

[MechaTarrasque]

When I started playing (a long time ago), brute would have been tank, but nowadays, I think has become the monster term for melee striker (lot of damage, not much defense).

Ranged and lurker types almost need their own matrix, because neither of them should be sitting there trading punches with the PC's. The ranged matrix could be mobility and damage: commoner with bow (low damage, low speed), manticore (low damage, high speed), beholder (high damage, low speed), and dragon (high damage, high speed).

 

[TiQuinn]

Blaster.

 

[overgeeked]

Skirmisher.

 

[Jacob Lewis]

Troop or Trooper.

Also consider changing Tank to Guard or Guardian (?).

 

[Minigiant]

Back when I thought of making a 4e heartbreaker, i shifted monster roles to

Artillery	Soldier	Legend
Skirmisher	Elite	Brute
Minion	Tank	Guardian

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

I love the archetypes of FF13:

• Soldier (striker)
• Sentinel (defender)
• Synergist (support)
• Saboteur ( debuffer)
• Ravager (blaster)