The Roleplaying Game of Heroic Adventure in the - Mazes ...

II: CREATURES
Creatures in Game Terms
Taxonomy
There are five broad categories of creatures: Folks
(sentient and speaking races), Beasts (natural
animals), Monsters (fabulous beasts, mythic beings
etc), Spirits (ghosts, otherworldly entities etc) and
Animates (artifically animated creatures).
Game Characteristics
The M&M rules use a simple system to define a
creature’s capabilities in game terms.
Creatures are rated in four general characteristics:
Size, Ferocity, Cunning and Mystique.
As detailed below, these four basic characteristics
are used to calculate the creature’s Melee attack
mod, EDC, Hits and other scores.
A creature’s Special Abilities may also increase
some of its scores, as detailed below.
Size
A creature’s Size category may be Tiny, Small,
Medium (man-sized), Large or Gigantic.
As shown on Table 6A next page, a creature’s Size
affects many of its key physical capabilities,
including its Hits Total, the damage it inflicts in
combat and its basic Movement rate.
Ferocity
This reflects the creature’s natural aggressiveness,
physical power or trained fighting ability:
Peaceful 0
Aggressive +1
Dangerous +2
Deadly +3
Cunning
This represents the creature’s innate shrewdness
and survival instincts:
Average 0
Alert +1
Clever +2
Crafty +3
Mystique
This reflects the creature’s presence, aura or innate
affinity with the forces of fate and magic:
Normal 0
Weird +1
Eldritch +2
Unearthly +3
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