Cliché monsters to populate a steampunk fantasy setting dwarven dungeon?

Posted by Alexander Gladysh on Game Development See other posts from Game Development or by Alexander Gladysh
Published on 2012-06-03T16:07:35Z Indexed on 2012/06/03 16:48 UTC
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I'm looking for a list of cliché monsters for a steampunk computer game (assume one kind or another of casual rogue-like RPG), to populate lower levels of ancient dwarven-built dungeons. Dwarves are a technology/science race in the setting I am aiming for. The world is a low-magic one.

I'm stuck after listing various mechanical golems, gigantic spiders (every dungeon must have some of them!), and maybe a mechanical barlog as a megaboss.

What would player expect? What are the key cultural references for such setting? I know a couple of games with suitable steampunk dwarves, but none are detailed enough in the underworld monsters area. Please point me in the right direction.

(If you have a single funny monster suggestion, please mention it in comments, not in answer. ;-) )

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