I am not a scripter so,for the moment i ll use the standard player and the mechanics will be very simplified for a fighting game.Anyway it ll be a very small game.
Normally you would choose one of nine warriors but that would need a scripted player,something i can not do by myself.
Also a scripted player could have slave pawns attached like tail,which could be cut off and grow back again before next battle.
What i lack this way is mostly the speed and movement modifications monster can do to you like-
the scorpio is spitting gum and you get stuck to it etc.
1.I am left with damage at bone command which makes a monster weapon hit you with the bone you choose.
Example:an Ogre swing a ball in chain and you can crouch to avoid it.
2.And, ForceForward--the push player Command which might allow a monster to bash to player like the lamya and some other monsters.
I hope i can make that command work.
3.Last mechanics i can think of this moment is to move the player to a specific pawn bone ,a monster tail like
the lamya tail which coils around you, or to the Gargoyle arm (it holds the player up by the neck) and you start losing health with a countdown timer.
Xoutal (with the turtle like head) should also catch the player with the tentacles
I dont know if i can position the player to some tentacle bone while playing the right player animation,
and have the player moved and rotated on the air like he is really held by the tentacle which drives him to the mouth to be bitten.
I hope i can override player movement with the pawn script,if someone knows if that can really be done with the standard player,tell me.
For those that are interested in modelling,
1.i created the basic outline as a shape to the front viewport,then
2.extruded,
3.then applied x and y symmetry
4.Scale down X axis arms legs and inbetween,and edge turn,edge visibility setting (to make the quads).
5.Again Symmetry
6. beveled faces in groups,the head and jaw hands and fingers/toes.
7.Unwrap uvw mapping (pelt mapping in max)there is also roadkill the standalone application that can also do quick mapping,make a search for roadkill and you ll find it.