Difference between revisions of "Humanoid"

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The '''humanoids''' are those monsters that are not quite human enough to be represented by a {{white|@}} but nonetheless appear much as humans. Most humanoid monsters are capable of wearing [[armor]] and wielding [[weapon]]s as long as they are of an appropriate size to do so
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'''Humanoids''' are a class of monster represented by {{white|h}}. All monsters in the humanoid class and many other monsters have the humanoid attribute, which means that they have a head, a couple of arms, and a torso and are generally humanlike in appearance. Most humanoid monsters are capable of wearing [[armor]] and wielding [[weapon]]s as long as they are of an appropriate size to do so. All {{white|@}} are humanoid.
  
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Many have the overall glyphs {{white|h}} or {{white|H}}, which are meant to represent the categories:
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The humanoid monster class
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* {{green|h}}, [[hobbit]]
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* {{monsymlink|hobbit}}
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* {{red|h}}, [[dwarf]]
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* {{monsymlink|dwarf}}
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* {{brown|h}}, [[bugbear]]
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* {{monsymlink|bugbear}}
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* {{blue|h}}, [[dwarf lord]]
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* {{monsymlink|dwarf lord}}
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* {{magenta|h}}, [[dwarf king]]
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* {{monsymlink|dwarf king}}
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* {{magenta|h}}, [[mind flayer]]
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* {{monsymlink|mind flayer}}
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* {{magenta|h}}, [[master mind flayer]]
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* {{monsymlink|master mind flayer}}
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* {{red|H}}, [[giant]]
 
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* {{gray|H}}, [[stone giant]]
 
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* {{cyan|H}}, [[hill giant]]
 
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* {{yellow|H}}, [[fire giant]]
 
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* {{white|H}}, [[frost giant]]
 
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* {{blue|H}}, [[storm giant]]
 
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* {{brown|H}}, [[ettin]]
 
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* {{magenta|H}}, [[titan]]
 
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* {{brown|H}}, [[minotaur]]
 
  
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However, many monsters are humanoid that are not contained in these glyphs:
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The [[giant humanoid]] monster class
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* {{monsymlink|giant}}
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* {{monsymlink|stone giant}}
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* {{monsymlink|hill giant}}
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* {{monsymlink|fire giant}}
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* {{monsymlink|frost giant}}
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* {{monsymlink|storm giant}}
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* {{monsymlink|ettin}}
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* {{monsymlink|titan}}
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* {{monsymlink|minotaur}}
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* {{monsymlink|Cyclops}}
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Many other monsters are also humanoid
 
* {{green|g}}, [[gremlin]]
 
* {{green|g}}, [[gremlin]]
 
* {{brown|g}}, [[gargoyle]]
 
* {{brown|g}}, [[gargoyle]]
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* {{red|:}}, [[salamander]]
 
* {{red|:}}, [[salamander]]
  
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[[Category:Monsters]][[Category:Monster attributes]]
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[[Category:Monster classes]]
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[[Category:Body parts]]

Revision as of 07:18, 3 October 2011

Humanoids are a class of monster represented by h. All monsters in the humanoid class and many other monsters have the humanoid attribute, which means that they have a head, a couple of arms, and a torso and are generally humanlike in appearance. Most humanoid monsters are capable of wearing armor and wielding weapons as long as they are of an appropriate size to do so. All @ are humanoid.

The humanoid monster class

The giant humanoid monster class

Many other monsters are also humanoid

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