MOBs are the creatures that walk the MUD. They come in many forms, but the GenMOB family is the most versatile.

Standard MOB types

Standard MOBs are hard-coded for most of their attributes, and only have a few builder-adjustable parameters (primarily level). Standard MOBs cannot be saved with equipment, additional behaviors or effects. As such, Standard MOBs are best used for summoning spells.

GenMOB types

GenMOBs are MOBs that the builder has significant control over their design, equipment, behavior and other special properties.

MODIFYING GENMOBS

Name

This is the true name of the MOB. All interactions (such as combat, buying and selling or spell casting) will use this name.

Display

This is what players see when they enter the room. The display name should provide a short description of the mob in a sentence describing what they are doing here. For example, A grumpy human stands here.

Description

This is the long narrative of the mob, which should be used to describe the general attitude of the mob. If the mob is wearing genarmor, do not normally add it to the description of the MOB, since it can be removed from them.

Level

This is the absolute level of the mob. Various methods may be used to provide the mob with specific levels of a class, but the combination will never exceed this level.

Rejuv Ticks

This is the number of Ticks (about 4 seconds per tick) before a dead mob will reappear. By default, lower level MOBs have a smaller reset timer. Having a low reset timer can increase the difficulty of an area, especially if the MOB has a helper behavior. Setting this value to 0 would mean the MOB will only respawn on reboots.

Race

Alignment

Gender

Height

Weight

Clans

Actions/Attacks per tick

Attack Adjustment

This should generally be about 1 per level of the MOB. Having a higher value will result in the MOB hitting more frequently.

• Shopkeepers should have an attack adjustment of 1 per 2 levels of the Shopkeeper to draw out the length of the fight.

Damage

This should generally be about 1 per level. Divide this value by 4 if the MOB is intended to use a weapon.

• Shopkeepers should have a base damage value about one third of the above recommendations to draw out the length of the fight.

Armor

This is not an intuitive stat, since it was based on second edition Dungeons and Dragons Armor Class. A perfectly naked human boy standing still would have an armor value of 100. The more armor the boy puts on, the lower his Armor value becomes...so if he put on a breastplate with 30 defense, his armor would become 70. Negative values are permitted.

• The average armor value is (100-5*Level).
• Shopkeepers should have an armor value of (100-10*Level) to draw out the length of the fight.

Hit Point Bonus Modifier

This modifier is used to determine how many hit points the mob will have. The formula for hit points is: Total Hit Points=((Level*Level) + (Random * Level * Hit Point Bonus Modifier

• The average Hit Point Bonus Modifier is 11.
• Shopkeepers should have a Hit Point Bonus Modifier of 33 to draw out the length of the fight.

Money

Money Variation

Abilities

• If an ability is added to a MOB through the Command Line (CL), then the ability is granted at 50%.
• If an ability is added to a MOB through the Grinder, then the ability is granted at 0%.
• If an ability is added to a MOB through a Classness behavior (or the MOB has CombatAbilities), then the ability is granted at 50% + 1% per difference between Mob level and qualifying class level (or lowest qualifying class level for CombatAbilities).

Behaviors

Effects

• Consider granting Vampire MOBs Prop_WeaponImmunity(+all -wood) and Prop_Resistance(slashing bashing 90%). Adjust these values for stronger/weaker vampires.

Dispositions

Senses

Factions

Tattoos

Expertises

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