monsters are needed only if the mod's all about monster-killing. if that is all, i won't be downloading it. what i am interested is that mods have more potential than just another spawn of monster killing fest. imagine we have another adventure, one without violence. throw in mysteries, & strange happenings that players have to find out why & on & on .... . so many possibilities. anybody played GROM? it's some kind of RPG with rudimentary stat building with lots of fun, at least for me. it has many mini-games which i like. key word is FUN.