This table is mostly for reference, but if for some reason you need/want to generate an entirely random monster type, roll 1d, 1d. (Need a die roller?)
(Note that the system also has more sophisticated ways of determining what kind of monster you’re up against!)
1-2 | 1 | Aberrations | Mutants, experiments gone wrong, warped beasts, strange hybrids, etc |
2 | Beast-Kin (misc) | A wide range: dire animals through sentient half-beasts. | |
3 | Demon-Kin | Imps, demons, infernals, devils, and so on. | |
4 | Dragon-Kin | True dragons, of course, but also wyverns, dragon-men, shoulder dragons… | |
5 | Dwarf-Kin | Dwarves; dark or fallen dwarves; gnomes. Plus dwarf-made mechanisms. | |
6 | Elemental – Air | Sylphs, sprites, living whirlwinds | |
6 | Elemental – Earth | Creatures of living rock or stone. | |
6 | Elemental – Fire | Beings of flame, lava, or magma. | |
6 | Elemental – Water | Naiads, nereids, water sprites, living waves and whirlpools. | |
3-4 | 1 | Elf-Kin | All varieties of elf – including Shadow elves, gill-breathing sea-elves, etc… |
2 | Extra-Planars | Entities from other planes. | |
3 | Faerie-Kin | Satyrs, leprechauns, pixies, Ellyl, | |
4 | Goblin-Kin | Orcs, goblins, hobgoblins | |
5 | Goo | Slimes, oozes, jellies, puddings, gelatinous solids, and so on. | |
6 | Insect-Kin | Actually a kind of beast-kin, but common enough to warrant its own entry. | |
5-6 | 1 | Rat-Kin | Actually a kind of beast-kin, but common enough to warrant its own entry. |
2 | Serpent-Kin | Actually a kind of beast-kin, but common enough to warrant its own entry. | |
3 | Spider-Kin | Actually a kind of beast-kin, but common enough to warrant its own entry. | |
4 | Troll-Kin | Trolls of all kinds, from the small and wily to the huge and scary. | |
5 | Undead | Skeletons, zombies, etc, plus incorporeal undead such as ghosts and wraiths. | |
6 | Wolf-Kin | Actually a kind of beast-kin, but common enough to warrant its own entry. |
Really, there should also be miscellaneous monsters of various sorts that might turn up anywhere, but I have no rules for them as yet.