Dungeons & Dragons—4th Edition: Monster Manual 3 Hardcover (based on
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Wizards of the Coast
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Iconic monsters for your D&D campaign.
This core rulebook packs in over 200 new monsters to menace D&D player characters. Classic monsters such as the derro, the mimic, and Lolth (Demon Queen of Spiders) make their first appearance here. In addition, this book includes scores of new monsters to challenge characters of heroic, paragon, and epic level, including deadly catastrophic dragons!
Besides the return of some old favorites, this manual really shines for all the attention to Epic threats, including Lolth, Ogremoch, Immix, and even a Far Realm entity.
My favorite part about this book, though, are the new stat blocks, which better organize traits and actions. It makes running monsters out of this book worlds easier, especially with the higher level creatures and all their options. This is also the first product to implement the new math fixes as well.
THE GOOD: Lolth. Ogremoch. More ogres, more gnolls, more variety in what we already got... plus Fourth Edition stats for critters we knew and loved in previous editions... and some excellent new additions! Some nice new fill-in info for some of the older ones, too.
THE BAD: I took away one star because they recycled SOME of the art. Not all of it. Not even most of it. But I've seen some of that art before, and at these prices, we can do better than that. I yanked another star because some of these critters feel very much like "filler" to me. Crauds -- angry crustacean environmentalists? Dark Ones -- homicidal thieving midgets? We haven't done this before? Did we need "Catastrophe Dragons?" Oh, and when did Catoblepas become Shadowfell creatures?
Flawed, but still worthwhile. We could do better. Recommended, but don't spend the rent money on it.
