Monsters that appear only at night/in the dark

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Not sure I like the idea of this, it could change the entire game dynamic for “night raider” type players by removing a viable strategy. If you want some nocturnal grindable enemies that don’t present that much of a threat, you just add Z-raccoons or Nocturnal zombies. But an optional “Fear the Night” mode with legitimate grue-type monsters would be great to change things up. My ideas…

  • Night Monsters have a distinctive cry. You’ll probably get some warning when one’s tracking you.
  • Night Monsters can see in the dark, hear extremely well, track extremely well and move faster than the player.
  • Night Monsters are afraid of Z’s and will not get within x tiles of them. They won’t join regular Z attacks. They avoid cities.
  • Night Monsters hate fire and light and will flee from any light sources.
  • Night Monsters cannot bash down anything stronger than window. Barricading yourself will protect you.
  • Night Monsters can shred any player within a round or two, no matter what kind of armor you have.
  • Night Monsters are not killable. An assault rifle burst will drive one off, but there’s no body and you’ll never know what it was.
  • Night Monsters are not described. Ever. If you examine one, it’s just “blurred shapes and dark fangs”. Then you die.
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why not have black widows leave their basements at night to web the surface area and to hide again when day. until they get enough webbing down

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[b]- Night Monsters have a distinctive cry. You'll probably get some warning when one's tracking you.[/b] [b]- Night Monsters can see in the dark, hear extremely well, track extremely well and move faster than the player. - Night Monsters are afraid of Z's and will not get within x tiles of them. They won't join regular Z attacks. They avoid cities. - Night Monsters hate fire and light and will flee from any light sources. - Night Monsters cannot bash down anything stronger than window. Barricading yourself will protect you.[/b] - Night Monsters can shred any player within a round or two, no matter what kind of armor you have. - Night Monsters are not killable. An assault rifle burst will drive one off, but there's no body and you'll never know what it was. - Night Monsters are not described. Ever. If you examine one, it's just "blurred shapes and dark fangs". Then you die.

THIS.
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I am not too sure about the last three points. Making a creature unkillable is always “tricky”, as it can lead to severe imbalance.
But making them really, really strong should suffice, shouldn’t it?
I like that their strength can be counterbalanced by barricading yourself, that they’re afraid of light (makeshift defence for the early player, just light a nearby fire), and that they won’t join zombie attacks and avoid cities is also nice, as well.

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Travelling in the night? You know better than that!
Don´t travel at night, the Boogeyman will get you.

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[quote=“StopSignal, post:44, topic:4760”]Travelling in the night? You know better than that!
Don´t travel at night, the Boogeyman will get you.[/quote]

We don’t play DDA to learn that boogeymen exist: we already know they do. We play DDA to teach the boogeymen that we’re a lot scarier than they are.

KA101 hits the boogeyman with a DRAGON STRIKE! for 45 damage. Critical!

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KA101 hits the boogeyman with a DRAGON STRIKE! for 45 damage. Critical!
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Are you sure thats a crit, seems a bit low.