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4 out of 5 rating for D&D 5th Edition Monster Manual
You certainly get a comprehensive plentiful bunch of monsters to choose from, with decent illustrations, an easy to use format and a general good organisation. The NPCs are useful too. As such, it’s as useful a resource as any Monster Manual ever made for D&D. That said, the themed equivalents for other games such as WFRP, Ars Magica and RuneQuest also came equipped with some narrative ideas beyond a simple catalogue (or in the latter case an actual campaign world) which brings more directly to the table. Good. Very good, in fact. But not the best ever.
You certainly get a comprehensive plentiful bunch of monsters to choose from, with decent illustrations, an easy to use format and a general good organisation. The NPCs are useful too. As such, it’s as useful a resource as any Monster Manual ever made for D&D. That said, the themed equivalents for other games such as WFRP, Ars Magica and RuneQuest also came equipped with some narrative ideas beyond a simple catalogue (or in the latter case an actual campaign world) which brings more directly to the table. Good. Very good, in fact. But not the best ever.