D&D 5E 2024 Monster Manual has better lore than 2014 Monster Manual

[Corinnguard]

there are plenty of generic monsters that do not need / have specific setting lore, and the other part of this is how many setting books we will get (and how much lore those will have)

Guess we will find out when the FR Player's Guide and the FR Adventures Guide comes out in the November of this year. Only 8 months or so away. The latter might have a bestiary of monsters that are unique to only the FR setting.

 

[Retros_x]

I guess it comes down to which audience they want to cater to, the world builders or the people that want to play a game with out creating the lore. Obviously I'm in the lore camp.

I don't understand the problem. If you don't want to create your own lore, buy a setting book. Why does the monster manual needs to have lore. Its a manual. I found the new random tables and example biomes much more useful than some boring default lore. Most of the 2014 lore is just default fantasy snorefest lore.

 

[Incenjucar]

I don't understand the problem. If you don't want to create your own lore, buy a setting book. Why does the monster manual needs to have lore. Its a manual. I found the new random tables and example biomes much more useful than some boring default lore. Most of the 2014 lore is just default fantasy snorefest lore.

Which setting books have monster lore for the whole monster manual?

 

[kayakingpoodle]

I don't understand the problem. If you don't want to create your own lore, buy a setting book. Why does the monster manual needs to have lore. Its a manual. I found the new random tables and example biomes much more useful than some boring default lore. Most of the 2014 lore is just default fantasy snorefest lore.

If they put the monster lore in the setting books then why not put the monsters there too?

 

[dave2008]

If they put the monster lore in the setting books then why not put the monsters there too?

Conversely, how can you put all the monster lore for dozens of settings in one MM lore entry? Somewhere there is a good middle ground of lore in the MM and monsters in a setting guide.

 

[kayakingpoodle]

Conversely, how can you put all the monster lore for dozens of settings in one MM lore entry? Somewhere there is a good middle ground of lore in the MM and monsters in a setting guide.

I'm all for multipe monster books, especially ones like Volo's and Tome of Foes!

However books like Monsters of the Multiverse not at all!

 

[dave2008]

I'm all for multipe monster books, especially ones like Volo's and Tome of Foes!

However books like Monsters of the Multiverse not at all!

I favor a variety of products. If it was up to me I would have:

1. A big book of generic monsters: this the catalog of statblocks and art (I know this is not your thing)
2. A series of Volo's style books with in depth lore and variants of the standard types
3. A series of Fizban's style books with in depth lore on a group of monsters.
4. Setting books like Theros which have a bestiary that discuss how monsters are different in that setting (and some unique one too).

This would probably require a lot more books per year though.

 

[Incenjucar]

It would be pretty funny to see entries for ochre jellies in every setting book, plus a supplement for every setting for every new monster book that came out.

 

[mamba]

Guess we will find out when the FR Player's Guide and the FR Adventures Guide comes out in the November of this year. Only 8 months or so away. The latter might have a bestiary of monsters that are unique to only the FR setting.

I am expecting some monsters in it, but that is not the same thing as having setting specific lore for MM monsters

 

[dave2008]

I am expecting some monsters in it, but that is not the same thing as having setting specific lore for MM monsters

They have hinted there will be some (drow), but I am wondering if this will just be for sentient and/or PC type monsters.