[Afraid] Monster Bonds?

[MichaelCurry]

I'm prepping a game of Afraid for next weekend, and I've found myself stuck on choosing non-victim Bonds for the monster. The obvious choices that I come up with tend to be Bonds of nightmare, which would seem to make sense for a Monster, but the rules for Bonds say that "If the bond you name is a bond of nightmare, the die you assign it must be a d4," and then the rules for creating a Monster only provide 1d4 in the dice mix for the Monster's Bonds.

So does that rule for Bonds not apply to the Monster? Or am I just missing some obvious ideas for dark and terrible Bonds that fall into the categories of Bonds of conscience or tradition?

[Valvorik]

The rules specifically call for the Monster to have Bonds of Nightmare and I believe the d4 rules is only for PC's.  This and some other "intepretive questions" are likely a product of fact Afraid is a outline/playtest document at this point.

Once it's not "letting cat out of bag" for any players who haunt these boards, please do post your monster and AP report.

[lumpley]

Valvorik's right. The "d4s only for bonds of nightmare" rule only applies to starting PCs.

-Vincent

[MichaelCurry]

Ah...that makes more sense.  Thanks for the answers!