Golems ( clay golem, flesh golem, iron golem, stone golem), Gnolls (gnoll, gnoll pack lord, gnoll fang of Yeenoghu),

Giants ( cloud giant, fire giant, frost giant, hill giant, stone giant, storm giant), The main section of Monster Manual contains game statistics for the following creatures:Īnimated objects ( animated armor, flying sword, rug of smothering),īeholders (beholder, death tyrant, spectator),īlights ( twig blight, needle blight, vine blight),ĭemons ( balor, barlgura, chasme, dretch, glabrezu, goristro, hezrou, manes, marilith, nalfeshnee, quasit, shadow demon, vrock yochlol),ĭevils ( barbed devil, bearded devil, bone devil, chain devil, erinyes, horned devil, ice devil, imp, lemure, pit fiend, spined devil),ĭinosaurs ( allosaurus, ankylosaurus, plesiosaurus, pteranodon, triceratops, tyrannosaurus rex),ĭragon, shadow (young red shadow dragon),ĭragons (ancient, adult, young and wyrmling statblocks for each of the black, blue, green, red, white, brass, bronze, copper, gold, silver dragons),Įlementals ( air elemental, earth elemental, fire elemental, water elemental),įungi ( gas spore, shrieker, violet fungus), The Monster Manual begins with an eight-page introduction which briefly describes how to use the monster manual, how to read statblocks, monster types and locales, various rules relevant to monters such as experience point values and resistances, and the rules for legendary creatures. A higher resolution wallpaper of this image can be found at. The cover image is drawn by Raymond Swanland. However, he prefers to avoid physical combat where possible. Intruders are readily spotted by hidden eyeball beholderkin and reported to Xanathar. On the back cover, a grick can be seen.Īccording to Expedition to Undermountain (2007), Xanathar maintains a lair in the third level of Undermountain. This explicitly places this event in the Forgotten Realms.

The Monster Manual contains statistics for over 300 monsters, miscellaneous creatures (mostly mundane animals), and NPCs.Īs described on the book's index page, the front cover depicts the beholder crime lord Xanathar of Waterdeep, ambushing explorers in the depths of Undermountain.

1.4 Appendix A: Miscellaneous Creatures.

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