There are so many high quality visual pieces in the Monster Manual that it is almost as much fun to look at as it is to read. You can’t help but pause and look at the Eye Tyrant in all its glory, with spittle dripping from its maw and eyestalks that appear to be looking right at you. Right off the bat the cover hits you with a wonderful shot of the most iconic of D&D monsters, the Beholder, in battle with a dwarf and a female human rogue.
Sure, there have been other books in full colour, but not with this quality art or the production values in the book. This book has the best overall art I’ve ever seen in an antagonist stat block collection like this. I never thought anything was going to take the top spot away from my 2e AD&D Monstrous Manual and Monstrous Compendiums, but I honestly think this is the best overall book of monsters slash things for PCs to slaughter that I’ve ever seen. After going through this book several times, I can honestly say that not only was the Monster Manual worth the wait, but it’s the best incarnation of the book out of all five editions of D&D in terms of content, page count, art and quality. What if you wanted a campaign set in Egypt, or you wanted to play Dragonlance complete with Draconians and Death Knights? Well, you’d need a book of monsters for that, and it’s finally here. Hoard of the Dragon Queen had a downloadable PDF, but again, the selection was limited. Sure the PHB and Starter Set had a few monsters, but that wasn’t enough to really homebrew your own content. Of course, the one thing missing from all of this were things to kill and gain experience points (XP) from. So far Wizards of the Coast has brought us a Starter Set, free downloadable Basic Rules, the Player’s Handbook and the first half of the Tyranny of Dragons campaign – Hoard of the Dragon Queen.
Monster Manual (Dungeons & Dragons, Fifth Edition/D&D Next)Īnother month, and another fantastic entry for Dungeons & Dragons, Fifth Edition.
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