Dragonlance Free Monstrous Compendium Volume II Includes Dragon Highlord Verminaard

Over on D&D Beyond you can grab a copy of Dragonlance Creatures, the second digital official Monstrous Compendium volume. This volume includes entries from the original Dragonlance Chronicles storyline of the 1980s, such as Dragon Highlord Verminaard (at CR 17!) and his dragon, Ember, along with the Forest Master (the unicorn from Darken Wood) and others.

Claim Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures now! - D&D Beyond

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WotC did the same with Spelljammer, with Volume 1 of the Monstrous Compendium.

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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

There are some good monsters in there. It is nice to see they don't skimp on these freebies.

I'm guessing these were developed at the same time as the rest of the book and they just cut them for space.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Not me - I hate the Leno-chin (Deathwing's worst asset as well)!

Does this mean that Verminaard has screwed two different dragonlords out of the Tonight Show?

 

[Zaukrie]

I'm guessing these were developed at the same time as the rest of the book and they just cut them for space.

probably, but they just gave them to everyone, for free. I like this trend. A lot.

 

[tsadkiel]

What are the traag draconians from? I’ve never heard of them before.

They're a Taladas thing, and appeared in the Time of the Dragon boxed set.

 

[cbwjm]

Not a fan of the horn in the forehead of the Irda, I think it looks terrible.

 

[Tutara]

I really like these monster booster packs. I wish they’d been a thing for longer, as a Ravenloft one would’ve been ace. A few unique Dark Lords, some of the missing monsters… perhaps they’ll revisit the Mists again in one of these? Either way, good stuff.

 

[dave2008]

I really like these monster booster packs. I wish they’d been a thing for longer, as a Ravenloft one would’ve been ace. A few unique Dark Lords, some of the missing monsters… perhaps they’ll revisit the Mists again in one of these? Either way, good stuff.

Here are the darklords for you Project Darklords

 

[Zaukrie]

I noticed both of these in the blocks, which do you prefer? I assume they mean the same thing...

This movement doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks.
This movement ignores opportunity attacks.

 

[Weiley31]

Couldn't irda, ursines and thanois to be PC lineages?

And the gnomes from those pictures are so cutes Hasbro should sell them as toys.

You would think.

For now, the Bearfolk from Kobold Press can be used for the Ursines. And the Dragonlance Companion 3PP book has the Thanoi as a playable pc race option. So those two are covered by that route.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I just realized Ember was supposed to be an Ancient Red instead of an Adult red (though significantly buffed adult red). I'm a little disappointed by that, but nothing I can't fix!

No Ember is an Adult Red.