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Arcanian (Spell using undead?)
Ape (including smart, sword-using ape)
Apocalypse Spell
Behemoths (Spirehorn, Bone crown and Skinwing)
Beholder
Banderhobb - new critter, very "children's bedtime story", paragon tier
Cambions
Cave Fishers - Levels 4-5 - spawn (minions), anglers (classic cave fishers), spikers (artillery that shoot silk spikes and an entangling blast) and trained spikers (minion artillery bred and controlled by hobgoblins).
Catoblepas
Catastrophe Dragons (Blizzard, Earthquake and Volcanic)
Chitines
Cloakers
Craud - crawfishmen, low-heroic tier
Dark Ones
Demons
Derro
Drow and Draegloths
Devils, Temptation (Corruption, Passion, Rage, etc)
Dread Warrior
Elementals, Traditional (Air, Wind, etc)
Elemental Weirds
Frog
Forsaken
Foulspawn
Gargoyles
Ghasts
Giants - Fire, Hill and Frost
Girallions
Gnolls & Ghost Hyena
Gremlins
Hags
Howlers (elementals now)
Jackweres
Intellect Devourers and Ustilagators
Kuo-Toa
Kraken and Astral Kraken (Now linked to the Far Realms)
Lolth - 35 Solo Lurker, Eclavdra (Exarch) and Apropos.
Meenlocks
Meazles
Mimics
Minotaur
Nagpa
Nerra
Norkers
Nymphs
Ogres
Ogremoch, Prince of Elemental Earth - 34th level Solo Soldier
Imix, Prince of Elemental Fire - 32th level Solo Controller
Allabar, Opener of the the Way - 30th level Soldier (Planet Sized Far Realms baddy)
Mind Flayers - Inquisitor - 20 Controller, Scourge - 21 Skirmisher, Thoon Hulk - 22 Brute, Elder Brain - Elite 23 Controller
Oblivion Moss (Minions too)
Rotgrubs (That make zombies)
Scarecrows (from the Shadowfell)
Secret of Vecna
Shadows
Slaad
Skulk
PHB3 PC races have writeups
Spawn of Kyuss
Spellweavers
Spider
Star Spawn
Su Monsters
Tanarukk
Tri-Keen
Tulgar - low-epic tier ex-primal spirits turned mercenaries
Umber Hulk
Verbeeg (Feywild Giants)
Xivarts (old school xvarts; gnomes shaped by the Shadowfell)
Yaun-Ti
Yeti
Arcanian (Spell using undead?)
Ape (including smart, sword-using ape)
Apocalypse Spell
Behemoths (Spirehorn, Bone crown and Skinwing)
Beholder
Banderhobb - new critter, very "children's bedtime story", paragon tier
Cambions
Cave Fishers - Levels 4-5 - spawn (minions), anglers (classic cave fishers), spikers (artillery that shoot silk spikes and an entangling blast) and trained spikers (minion artillery bred and controlled by hobgoblins).
Catoblepas
Catastrophe Dragons (Blizzard, Earthquake and Volcanic)
Chitines
Cloakers
Craud - crawfishmen, low-heroic tier
Dark Ones
Demons
Derro
Drow and Draegloths
Devils, Temptation (Corruption, Passion, Rage, etc)
Dread Warrior
Elementals, Traditional (Air, Wind, etc)
Elemental Weirds
Frog
Forsaken
Foulspawn
Gargoyles
Ghasts
Giants - Fire, Hill and Frost
Girallions
Gnolls & Ghost Hyena
Gremlins
Hags
Howlers (elementals now)
Jackweres
Intellect Devourers and Ustilagators
Kuo-Toa
Kraken and Astral Kraken (Now linked to the Far Realms)
Lolth - 35 Solo Lurker, Eclavdra (Exarch) and Apropos.
Meenlocks
Meazles
Mimics
Minotaur
Nagpa
Nerra
Norkers
Nymphs
Ogres
Ogremoch, Prince of Elemental Earth - 34th level Solo Soldier
Imix, Prince of Elemental Fire - 32th level Solo Controller
Allabar, Opener of the the Way - 30th level Soldier (Planet Sized Far Realms baddy)
Mind Flayers - Inquisitor - 20 Controller, Scourge - 21 Skirmisher, Thoon Hulk - 22 Brute, Elder Brain - Elite 23 Controller
Oblivion Moss (Minions too)
Rotgrubs (That make zombies)
Scarecrows (from the Shadowfell)
Secret of Vecna
Shadows
Slaad
Skulk
PHB3 PC races have writeups
Spawn of Kyuss
Spellweavers
Spider
Star Spawn
Su Monsters
Tanarukk
Tri-Keen
Tulgar - low-epic tier ex-primal spirits turned mercenaries
Umber Hulk
Verbeeg (Feywild Giants)
Xivarts (old school xvarts; gnomes shaped by the Shadowfell)
Yaun-Ti
Yeti
Anyway, I gleaned the above fluff from the appropriate entries. I want to call out a point I haven't seen mentioned. There is a LOT of story here. MANY entries begin with a FULL PAGE of text giving lore and artwork. The encounter groups are gone, replaced by a single paragraph describing likely allies. The new stat block formats are awesome. I think WotC nailed it this time. The best part is that they've revisited some iconic monsters with the improved format: giants, gargoyles, ghouls, gnolls, minotaurs, ogres.
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