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What you are describing here is exactly the removal of the marilith's previous gender-bias. Having both male and female examples of a thing is certainly not the only approach to inclusivity. For example, referring to a "manhole" alternately as "manhole" and "womanhole" would be silly. Referring...

I contacted Steve Marsh (who created the ixitxachitl) when working on this article a few years ago, and he confirmed that ick-zit-sah-chittle (as given in The Ecology of the Ixitxachitl in Dragon #85) is the correct way to pronounce it.

Whenever this sort of unusual situation arises in my games (which happens surprisingly frequently!), we typically revert to an Arcana check for the caster, to see if they can tweak the spell to work exactly the way that they are hoping it will on the fly. If the caster makes a, say DC15, Arcana...

This is a thread titled D&D Marilith Is Far More Bestial In 2025, so a focus on the marilith shouldn't be unexpected. That said, I'm actually a little surprised that more than a hundred pages in, the thread is still on-topic!

I covered the vrock in painful detail a few years back. There is no D&D lore stating that all vrocks are male. However, there also don't seem to be any vrocks who identify as female, only vrocks that identify as "he" or "it". Of course, this is certainly not proof that all vrocks are male.

True but that's Book Two, and not Part 1.

The D&D Beyond release is specifically titled Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting: Part 1, which implies that there will be at least a part 2. The original print version doesn't have parts.

But demons clearly do exhibit some of the things we would typically associate with "having some sort of biology", including having physiology, anatomy, morphology and common behavior. Those characteristics might be a result of the manifestation of the Abyss, or inherited from mortal souls from...

If we're looking at 2e for guidance on mariliths, Faces of Fiends is clear that demons (or at least tanar'ri, of which the marilith is one) can change gender. Despite this assertion, I couldn't (quickly) find any examples of male marilith in 2e, so just because they can apparently doesn't mean...

You are probably thinking of this boxed text from Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes:

This is somewhat tangential to the thread, but I found that getting early access to the Monster Manual on D&D Beyond resulted in the printed book being a slight disappointment. Don't get me wrong, it is still a gorgeous book, but I first saw all of the monster art on my PC screen—large, bright...

They've been gone for a mere 18 years actually, last appearing in Dragon #355 in May 2007. There was a poll attached to the December 2013 Wandering Monster article on the WotC website which solicited feedback on the proposed 5e medusa. Sadly the "Yes, you’re crazy, and I want to see the maedar...

A perfect time to switch to the alt covers then, since the spines won't match either way. Also, if you only get the alt covers, they don't look too bad lined up on a shelf.

In case it helps debug the issue, this is only true while logged in. An anonymous visitor to the site cannot see other people's warnings. This leads me to think that the Registered Users group (or ENWorld's equivalent) has the warnings permissions set to "View warnings for specific groups"...

This is fixed to read "...immune to this banshee's horrify..." in the D&D Beyond version. This is also fixed so that Multiattack reads "...three Withering Sword attacks..." in the D&D Beyond version.

February 2025 updates Added the adolescent kraken and dagger of the kraken’s undying will from Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms. Added lore on kraken relationships with owlbears and cats from Baldur’s Gate 3. Added lore on kraken relationships with storm giants, storm heralds and dragon...

I'm not struggling with the wording. The split is triggered when the pudding drops to half hit points or when it is hit by lightning or slashing damage, provided that it is it at least medium sized and has at least ten hit points. It splits into two smaller puddings, each with half the hit...

I think the Animal Lord is missing a "(Titan)" next to its monster type. All of the other titans from the new scroll of titan summoning have that tag, except the Animal Lord.