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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 5819215" data-attributes="member: 10784">I believe their should be a simple, but optional, morale system for monsters and NPCs.  While it should ultimately be up to the DM, I like having a baseline to use for various monsters because it gives me an idea of how to play them.  If a goblin has poor morale, it may fight differently than a hobgoblin with good morale, which will fight differently than a mindless undead monster with no morale.There should be some easy to use modifiers as well and a simple line about what the creature typically does if it fails its morale check.  (organized retreat, surrender, scatter, flee in panic while wetting itself, etc)Some possible Modifiers: +4 if defending young/lair/home; +2 if outnumbering foe by more than 2:1; +4 if outnumbering foe by more than 5:1; +1 if led by a strong leader; +2 if led by a strong & reputable leader  (i.e., the goblin war chief who defeated the mighty ogre Grongor and freed his clan from slavery)-2 if no strong leader present;-4 if outnumbered by foe;-2 if more than 25% of number killed/incapacitated in one round -5 if more than 50% of number killed/incapacitated in totalIf you keep it to a d20 scale, you then give most monsters a baseline number, and maybe one additional morale item (i.e., gains +6 for defending lair, instead of the normal +4) Goblin, Kobold 10Orc, Gnoll 12Human, Halfling 13Hobgoblin 14Dwarf, Elf 15Just my opinion.</blockquote>