Monster Traits

Archetype Traits

Archetype Traits Spreadsheet

Every race of monster belongs to an Archetype. These Archetypes come with a pool of inherent bonuses. Each monster in the archetype gets a random one of these bonuses upon generation.

Archetypes are similar to Normal stats in the sense that they are ratios that determine their true values:

Bestial

• Common:
  • Wild Fury: Damage Dealt Increased by 200%
    • Trigger: When 3 or more Heroes are in the same Room
  • Pack Mentality: Damage Dealt Increased by 150%, Health Increase of 125%, Damage Taken Reduced by 125%
    • Trigger: When 2 or more Beasts are in the same Room
  • Hunter: Damage Dealt Increased by 300%
    • Trigger: When only 1 Hero is in the Room
• Uncommon:
  • Man-Eater: Heal for 25% maxHealth
    • Trigger: When targeted Hero dies
  • Alpha: Damage Dealt Increased and Damage Taken Reduced by 200%, Threat Level plus 2
    • Trigger: Always Active
  • Strong Senses: The monster will sense the moment a stealthed enemy attempts to attack or steal gold, leaping to counter them. Counters a stealthed enemy's stealth attack on an allied monster by reducing that attacks damage by 33%, or if they are stealing gold, knocks away 50% of it. Multiple beasts with this ability will all perform this action at once when it triggers.
• Rare:
  • Feeding: Heal all Beasts for 20% maxHealth
    • Trigger: When targeted Hero dies
  • Survival Instinct: Damage Dealt Increased by 250%, Damage Taken Reduced by 250%, Health Increase of 250%, Threat Increase of 3
    • Trigger: Upon reaching 25% maxHealth, these increases are applied, however, after every other Hero kill, stats are decreased by .5x (except for TI, which decreases by 1) until stats return to normal

Tribal

• Common:
  • Survivor: Damage Dealt Increased by 250%
    • Trigger: While Below 50% maxHealth
  • Clan Loyalty: Health Increase of 200%
    • Trigger: When there are 2+ Tribal Monsters in Room
  • Warrior: Damage Dealt Increased by 150% and Health Increase of 150%
    • Trigger: Always Active
• Uncommon:
  • Bound by Blood: Damage Dealt Increased by 125%, Damage Taken Reduced by 125%, Health Increase of 125%
    • Trigger: Whenever a Tribal Monster within the same Room dies, gain one of the stat buffs randomly, and for every consecutive draw of the same stat buff, increase it by %25x (lasts until end of Work Day)
  • Shaman Training: Damage Taken Labeled "Magic" Reduced by 400%, Heal all Monsters in Room for 1% maxHealth (for every time unit that passes)
    • Trigger: Always Active
• Rare:
  • Chieftain: Damage Dealt Increased by 125% for all Monsters in Room, Increase Infamy Gain by 150% for all Monsters in Room
    • Trigger: Always Active
  • Size Isn't Everything: -1 Size (Minimum of 1).
    • Trigger: Always Active

Demon

• Common:
  • Blood Magic: Damage Dealt Increased by 125%, Damage Taken Reduced by 125%, Health Increase of 125%
    • Trigger: Whenever this Demon takes Damage, there is a 25% to gain one of the stat buffs randomly, and for every consecutive draw of the same stat buff, increase it by 25% (lasts until end of Work Day)
  • Unholy Veil: Damage Taken Labeled "Magic" Reduced by 500%
    • Trigger: Always Active
• Uncommon:
  • Lifesteal: Heal for 10% of Damage Dealt
    • Trigger: Always Active
  • Corrupted Blood: Heroes that damage this Monster have their Damage Stat reduced by %20(doesn't stack, lasts until they die)
    • Trigger: Always Active
• Rare:
  • Disintegration: -2 Armor to Heroes attacked by this monster (doesn't stack, lasts until they die)
    • Trigger: Always Active
  • Blood Drive: Heal all Monsters in Room by 1% (stacks)
    • Trigger: Whenever ANY unit receives Damage
  • Demonic Taint: Deal 2% maxHealth to all Heroes in Room every Time Unit
    • Trigger: Always Active

Dragonkin

• Common:
  • Hoarder: Gold cannot be Stolen in this Room
    • Trigger: Always Active
  • Whelp: Damage (Stat) and Health (Stat) is decreased by 33%, Monster's Pay is also decreased by 50%
    • Trigger: Always Active
  • Mind on money: All Gold dropped (by Heroes in this room) increases by 25%
    • Trigger: When Gold Stored in Room is below 33%
• Uncommon:
  • Intimidating Presence: Kills Generate 150% more Infamy
    • Trigger: Always Active
  • Solitary: Damage Dealt Increased, Damage Taken Reduced, and Health Increase by 300%
    • Trigger: When only Monster in Room
  • Invester: Gold Stored in Room increases stats (depending on Max Gold able to be stored: 10% Capacity = 1% Increase to all stats... 100% Capacity = 10% Increase to all stats)
    • Trigger: Always Active
• Rare:
  • Tough Scales: Damage Taken Reduced by 400%
    • Trigger: Always Active, applies to all Damage besides that from legendary heroes, while Legendary heroes ignore this buff and deal 1.25 Damage
  • Gilded: Gold stored in room increases Defense stat and Infamy gain (Depending on max gold able to be stored: 25% Capacity = .5 Defense & 25% Increase in Infamy Gain, 25% Capacity = +0.5 Defense & 25% Increase in Infamy Gain, 50% Capacity = +1.0 Defense & 50% Increase in Infamy Gain, 75% Capacity = +1.5 Defense & 75% Increase in Infamy Gain, 100% Capacity = +2.0 Defense & 100% Increase in Infamy Gain)
    • Trigger: Always Active

Undead

• Common:
  • Spooky: Threat Increase of 2
    • Trigger: Always Active
  • Reeking Corpse: Damage Dealt Increased by 125%, Infamy Gain of 200%, Monsters in Room generate 200% Stress
    • Trigger: Always Active
• Uncommon:
  • Time to Die: Room-Wide explosion dealing 20% of this units maxHealth to all Heroes
    • Trigger: On Monster's Death
  • Deathbringer: Gains a Random stat buff to either Damage, Defense, or Health by .05% (Last until end of Work Day)
    • Trigger: On ANY Hero Damage in Room
• Rare:
  • Death Curse: Summon a Dreg
    • Trigger: Upon Targeted Hero Death, lasts 10 Time Units
  • Affliction: Damage Over Time to Heroes dealing 2% maxHealth per Time Unit (stacks)
    • Trigger: Applies to Heroes on Damage
  • Decompose: Heals every Monster in Dungeon for 2.5% maxHealth
    • Trigger: Whenever any Unit Dies

Stretch Goal Archetypes

Elemental

• Magic absorbent: Takes 25% less damage from magic attacks.

Insectoid

• Retaliation: Damages an enemy for 2% whenever that enemy attacks this monster.

Personality Traits

Personality Traits Spreadsheet

Imposing

• Increases Threat +1
• Damage Taken 90%

Athletic

• Decreased cost for stat level-ups by 25%

Optimist

• Damage Dealt 90%
• Negative Morale/Stress Occurs 33%

Pessimist

• All Stats 110%
• -1 Nerve Breakdown

Adaptable

• If Room has Racial-Only Bonuses, this Monster gets them as well at 50%

Maniac

• Damage Dealt 115%
• All other Monsters in Room receives 25% of Damage Dealt with a 15% chance of it triggering

Cowardly

Gain or Lose Efficiency dependent on the total aggregate threat level in the room.

• 7+: +50
• 6: +25
• 5: +10
• 4: No change
• 3: -10
• 2: -25
• 1: -50

Guardian

This Monster:

• +1 Additional Nerve Breakdown
• +1 Threat

10 Morale allocated either Postivie or Negative depending on if there are Smaller (Size) Monsters than this Monster in the same room:

• +10 Morale if Smaller Monsters are present
• -10 Morale is no Smaller Monsters are present

Tyrant

At the end of a Work Week, if a Monster is present in the Room with a Size of 2+ Smaller then this Monster, that Smaller Monster is permanantly killed and the Tyrant Monster gains 10% Max Health

Tyrant Monster Gains

• +10 Morale
• -5 Stress

Other monsters present:

• Generate Morale at 33%
• Generate Stress at 133%

Reckless

• 1 Additional Nerve Breakdown
• Damage Dealt 200%

Wary

• 1 Less Nerve Breakdown
• -1 Threat

Prideful

• Damage Dealt 110%

Upon defeating any hero:

• Generate Morale at 110%
• Other Prideful Monsters in Room Generate Morale 25%
• Other Non-Prideful Monsters in Room Generate Morale 75%

Workaholic

• Morale Gains (Positive or Negative) at 75%
• Stress Gains (Positive or Negative) at 75%
• When Paired with a Slacker, Negative Morale Gains at 200%

Slacker

• Experience Gains at 75%
• Damage Dealt 75%
• When Paired with a Workaholic, Positive Morale Gains at 200%

Hygienic

• All Monsters in Room (except Gross Monsters) gain Morale at 200%
• Heroes Killed by a Hygienic Monster generate Infamy at 50%

Gross

• All Monsters in Room (except Gross Monsters) gain Morale at 50%
• Heroes Killed by a Gross Monsters generate Infamy at 200%
• When paired in the Same Room as a Hygienic Monster, Gross Monsters can ONLY LOSE Morale

Flirty

This Monster:

• When in a room with a Monster of This Monster's preferred Gender:
  • Morale Gains (Positive or Negative) at 150%
  • Stress Gains (Positive or Negative) at 50%
• When not in a room with a Monster of This Monster's preferred Gender:
  • Morale Gains (Positive or Negative) at 75%
  • Stress Gains (Positive or Negative) at 125%

Other Monsters (of This Monster's preferred Gender) in the same Room

• Morale Loss and Stress Gains at 150%

Shy

• This Monster in unaffected by any other Monster's Personality/Work Ethic Traits

Work Ethic Traits

Work Ethic Spreadsheet

Over-Achiever

• Increases damage done by 15%, however morale of all other monsters in room decreases 15% faster

Chatterbox

• Increases rate of stress gain of other monsters in room

Focused

• Damage done by +10%, morale loss slowed

Compliant

• Nerve “break %” is 0

Leader

• All monsters in room(self included) damage increases by 10% (does not stack with other leaders)

Klepto

• Any hero this monster defeats drops -15% less gold, any items they drop are equipped immediately

Studious

• Decreased cost for stat level ups by 25%

Team Player

• Every other monster in the room loses morale/stress -10% slower

Guide

• All other monsters in this room gain +10% XP

Brown-noser

• If this monster is in a room with another monster that is higher level, gain +10% XP/Atk

Organized

• Removes any stat debuffs from self that are caused by other monsters/room

Frugal

• Reduces cost of promotion for all monsters in this room by 10%