Monstrous Menagerie II: Hordes & Heroes

The sequel to the acclaimed monster book!

November 12th

2024

Launching on Kickstarter on November 12th, 2024!

Need we say more? You've been calling for a sequel to Monstrous Menagerie since it came out--and here it is! This book contains a slew of new monsters for your game, all with the same comprehensive treatment of the first book. We also introduce Heroic Monsters--monsters with capacity for advancement, whether they be loyal companions for worthy adversaries. Yes, your wolf pet can gain levels as you do! But so can that pesky kobold you keep running into...

All your favorite features from the Monstrous Menagerie, plus:

Monstrous Menagerie II provides nearly 300 more monsters for your Level Up A5Eor DnD 5E games, at all CRs up to CR 28! Meet the whisper snake, deathless legionnaire, death spider, prismatic ooze, advocate devil, and more!
In Monstrous Menagerie II, we’re introducing a new monster role: the horde monster. Just as a single elite monster can challenge a party of heroes, horde monsters are specially designed to work well in large groups that outnumber the adventurers.
Is your party about to face off against a recurring villain? Or have they befriended a monster or beast and want it to adventure alongside them? We’ve developed rules for heroic monsters—monsters that gain levels and improve their capabilities just as player characters do.
Monstrous Menagerie II includes lots of high-tier monsters, including unique, elite villains suitable for climactic endgames. With the monsters in this book, characters can pit themselves against archdevils, lich lords, dragon kings, and even gods.
Earth, River, Shadow, Amethyst, Emerald, Sapphire, Brass, Bronze, Copper, and Silver dragon great wyrms complete the list started in Monstrous Menagerie.
Lord of the ocean, a purple dragon rises from the wine-dark sea. As it unfurls its wings, the sky darkens and thunder peals. Purple dragons, also called storm dragons, hunt the trackless ocean and the deep sea, bringing with them gales and tsunamis that smash ships to kindling. Prey can’t flee underwater: purple dragons swim as fast as they fly. And when they close on their quarry, they open their jaws and release killing thunder.
Mixing draconic arrogance with the whimsy of the cruelest faeries, fey dragons are petulant and unpredictable. They use illusions and traps to toy with visitors and see every interaction as a game—and they are violently sore losers.
From the humblest roadside shrine to the most opulent temple, the holy essence of veneration is powerful, and the spirit of that amassed reverence can take draconic form. Spirit dragons are bound to holy places, empowered and given shape by the belief of their parishioners. The least tangible of the essence dragons, a spirit dragon is almost illusory, a wise and noble shape that appears in a moment and vanishes just as quickly.
The god-hunting insectoids who plague the multiverse are back! New Khalkoi include the Apex Khalkos, and the Khalkos Soldier.
What does an adventurer know about a monster? The Legends and Lore section describes the information a character might recall about a monster with a successful skill check. The higher the check, the more in-world information—natural history, weaknesses, and so on—the character recalls. And in Monstrous Menagerie II we’ve added false rumors to the Legends and Lore entries: potentially dangerous misinformation that characters learn on a failed skill check.