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<blockquote data-quote="Balesir" data-source="post: 5970247" data-attributes="member: 27160">I get what you mean, I think - that a monster &quot;race&quot; should have a recognisable &quot;character&quot; of its own, with weaknesses and strengths that apply when looking at the race as a whole, rather than as individuals. Goblins, for example, could fight as &quot;skirmishers&quot; or &quot;artillery&quot; or even &quot;lurkers&quot;, with the occasional shaman or witch doctor &quot;controller&quot; and/or &quot;leader&quot; - but goblins do not fight as &quot;soldiers&quot; (think formations and defences and discipline).I think this should be a game-world thing, though, not a system thing. Eberron goblins - especially at the height of the goblin empires - I can see definitely having &quot;soldiers&quot;, for example. Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk - not so much. So, I don't think the system should prevent the design of any monster of any type - but the game-world source material might well specify that certain roles for particular monsters are (generally) absent. Roles, in this instance, can perform a(nother) useful function, being a shorthand to describe what particular combat styles are eschewed by a monster race in this particular game world.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Balesir, post: 5970247, member: 27160"] I get what you mean, I think - that a monster "race" should have a recognisable "character" of its own, with weaknesses and strengths that apply when looking at the race as a whole, rather than as individuals. Goblins, for example, could fight as "skirmishers" or "artillery" or even "lurkers", with the occasional shaman or witch doctor "controller" and/or "leader" - but goblins do not fight as "soldiers" (think formations and defences and discipline). I think this should be a game-world thing, though, not a system thing. Eberron goblins - especially at the height of the goblin empires - I can see definitely having "soldiers", for example. Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk - not so much. So, I don't think the system should prevent the design of any monster of any type - but the game-world source material might well specify that certain roles for particular monsters are (generally) absent. Roles, in this instance, can perform a(nother) useful function, being a shorthand to describe what particular combat styles are eschewed by a monster race in this particular game world. [/QUOTE]

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