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

[Micah Sweet]

Volo's and Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes got most of its lore heavily errata'd though. Part of the disappointment with the reduced amount of lore comes from it being removed and replaced with nothing.

Yeah, those books aren't really part of the current edition of the game anymore, by what appears to be WotC's definition. Heck, since the 5.5 PH, DMG, and MM are clearly designed as replacements for the 5.0 versions, those books aren't really part of the current edition either.

 

[Hexmage-EN]

Part of me is hoping the paucity of lore for aarakocra, azers, and bullywugs in the Monster Manual means it will be filled in by introducing them all as PC species for the revised edition. None of them seem like that much of a stretch for PC species.

 

[kayakingpoodle]

Yeah, those books aren't really part of the current edition of the game anymore, by what appears to be WotC's definition. Heck, since the 5.5 PH, DMG, and MM are clearly designed as replacements for the 5.0 versions, those books aren't really part of the current edition either.

They were stripped of lore, combined into Monsters of the Multiverse, then removed from the market.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Part of me is hoping the paucity of lore for aarakocra, azers, and bullywugs in the Monster Manual means it will be filled in by introducing them all as PC species for the revised edition. None of them seem like that much of a stretch for PC species.

All of those already exist in my houserule document, Level Up heritage style, as PC heritages.

 

[Micah Sweet]

They were stripped of lore, combined into Monsters of the Multiverse, then removed from the market.

Fractions of those books received the treatment you describe. Not close to the whole thing.

 

[kayakingpoodle]

Fractions of those books received the treatment you describe. Not close to the whole thing.

Yes, but those fractions were very significant.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Yes, but those fractions were very significant.

Depends on how much you liked the parts they took out, and whether or not you agree with the nature of the updates on the stuff they kept.