Forum:VoR's Hallucinatory Bestiary
I'm quite keen to see how far I can take this
Wikid (talk) 06:45, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
- You know what would be cool? If you could give stats that those monsters might have if they existed, because I'm developing a variant that will implement (almost) any monster idea no matter how silly ;) --Bluescreenofdeath (talk) 06:05, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
Ha! You realise you have been part of the target audience for this project, a tiny fanfic tribute to Slash 'Em Extended :-) Anyhow, I guess with stats we're looking for something like the table here? Trouble is, it's guesswork for me with a lot of this, especially the difficulty, level, and XP value. Guidance is welcomed. Veal curries and Phone zombies on offer :-) Wikid (talk) 09:44, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- Oh great! Yeah it doesn't have to be exact stats actually, just stuff like monster glyph (unless it's obvious, e.g. in the cases of the colored unicorns I already know they'd be 'u' and the color is in their name :D), maybe their main attacks and other specialties. For example: "phone zombie: level 20 gray Z that can gate in demons (basically "call them with their phone"); veal curry: level 13 orange % that breathes fire and also conveys fire resistance when eaten". I'd then use my artistic license to fill in the rest of the monst.c entries :D Many thanks, I *really* like your idea! --Bluescreenofdeath (talk) 11:30, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
Super - what I'll do is keep this page as an index, and link to category pages for the descriptors. Thanks for encouragement! I was planning to make the veal currie more electric than fiery though (Valkyrie spin-off). Phone zombies are blind and invisible (mainly invisible because they think they are); collision with a phone zombie has a chance of summoning the Kops. :-) Wikid (talk) 09:24, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
I decided in the end to not take the content to a page called "VoR's Hallucinatory Bestiary". Because I am worried that the posting of hallucinatory content in the main Wiki will draw the ire of the Wiki Mods. Even though one day it will ALL be REAL. Wikid (talk) 09:54, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Gotcha 10 new unicorns and 2 morality monsters! :-) Wikid (talk) 09:37, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
- That's great! I'll implement them eventually :) Also you may look at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SLASHEM-Extended/SLASHEM-Extended/master/include/monsym.h and https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SLASHEM-Extended/SLASHEM-Extended/master/include/monattk.h for inspiration, because since SLEX is most probably the only variant in existence that would ever implement your monsters, you might as well also use the SLEX-specific monster types and attacks :D In fact, some monster classes (e.g. flying fish, rub monsters and wall monsters) are in desperate need of new interesting members, and the list of available monster attacks in slex makes it possible to have all kinds of interesting attack combos! Good work, keep it coming ♥ --Bluescreenofdeath (talk) 12:31, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for those links -- some source-diving for me there. Hey wow, I could be part of SLEX Devs! :-) I'm still holding out that some other variant might add these ideas to its hallucinatory code. One day maybe :-) Okay, back to it … Wikid (talk) 23:59, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
Music Monsters done now -- scrolls that drop potions -- happy to evolve thinking on this Wikid (talk) 02:21, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
Contents
Chromatic Unicorns
orange unicorn
blue unicorn
brown unicorn
rainbow unicorn
ultraviolet unicorn
xray unicorn
yellow unicorn
pink unicorn
spotted unicorn
lesser spotted unicorn
Morality Monsters
moral hazard
moral event horizon
Music Monsters
1812 Overture
BLERTA
enigma variation
lynyrdskynyrd
warped record
Nethack Stuff
agony ant
apologetic customer
bobbie on the beat
caveperson
DIElithium crystal
filth beatle
funky monkey
highest priestest
orchaealogist
phone zombie
purple ampersand
samurukhai
Nutritional
fries with that
carnivorous lentil
Happy Meal™
veal currie
Personas
Grand Moff
Pinocchio
Woyzeck
Random Set
atomic budgie
consequence of your insouciance
hypotonic saline infusion
moment of clarity
perfidious Albion
protest vote
registered trademark
round tuit
sinking feeling
winning ticket
Sciences
coefficient of friction
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
tropical sunset
Things
The Thing
Das Ding
Thing 1
Thing 2
Thing That Should Not Be
Wild Thing
Writings
roguskhoi