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I'm probably an outlier, but my 5E campaigns so far have went from 3-20, 3-16, and 3-12 (and I wanted to run this one a bit longer than I did). Until recently I was also in a gaming group with a DM who ran high-level one-shots several times a year, including a 20th-level party that fought Orcus...

I've still got a lot to go through, but the 2014 chimera and merrow have an association with Demogorgon that their 2025 counterparts lack. Speaking of Demogorgon, the 4E entry on the ixitxachitl credits Demogorgon with the creation of both them and many mundane sea creatures. Kind of...

I'm skipping ahead a lot with this, but apparently Ogres now spring forth from the earth due to supernatural evil influences. I think that's the first bit of new lore that I'm just going to ignore. There's no mention of a supernatural origin for ettins, BTW.

Seeing the Beholder and Bone Naga have Charm inflicting abilities that also deal Psychic damage definitely reminded me of 4E, as does the Centaur Warden's Entangling Trail ability.

I've tried a couple MMOs and bounced off of them because I did not enjoy how they play, and I've played tactical RPGs and love them. As someone with experience with both, 4E is far more like the latter than the former, so seeing someone say 4E is like WoW is grating because it I know from...

Regarding high level games, in my most recent gaming group there were three rotating DMs (myself included) and high levels were reserved for one-shots, mini-campaigns, and team-based PVP events with a focus on power gaming and minmaxing. We had one where we fought Orcus and a retinue of high CR...

The Ordning featured heavily in Bigby's, so making it setting-specific again would be a significant about face (though I'd be fine with it).

Moving right along into the C's: Cambion The first and most surprising difference between cambion lore in the Monster Manuals is that 2025 explicitly states they are made from transformed mortals, whereas the 2014 Monster Manual says they are the offspring of a fiend and humanoid. In both 2014...

One benefit is that, while the group overview sections are gone, individual creatures have more room on their respective pages for lore. All three devils I've covered so far have more going on than in 2014, especially the barbed devil.

Based on what I've seen so far, the dragon entries have all been improvements over the 2014 Monster Manual as they give these notoriously powerful and proud creatures appropriately grandiose goals, individual kinds of devils have become more interesting, several entries get across most of the...

More 2014 to 2025 lore comparisons, from Blue Dragon to Bullywug: Blue Dragon Both MM2014 and MM2025 describe Blue Dragons as hunting over deserts and other bare terrain and collecting talented humanoids to cow into service. Whereas MM2014 emphasizes them as a threat to desert-dwelling...

Angels, demons, devils, dragons, and yugoloths aren't grouped together for whatever reason.

A few more lore comparisons, including Black Dragons again because I somehow overlooked their lore entries for each age category: Black Dragons - MM2014 states that black dragons are the most evil and sadistic chromatics that collect the treasures of fallen civilizations. Their presence creates...

I'm going through and comparing the lore entries for monsters between 2014 and 2025. Here's what I have so far: Aarakocra - MM2014 details the region of the Plane of Air that they live in while describing the war between the Wind Dukes of Aaqa and the Queen of Chaos and their role in opposing...

A lot of information about angels and archangels and other Bible-adjacent supernatural entities is essentially full of retcons and differing interpretations, so it's difficult to get a straight answer. For example, while it's popularly assumed today that the fallen angels became the demons of...

If you want crazy looking angels then The Third Book of Enoch has you covered; The Third Book of Enoch is non-canonical, so this isn't technically "Biblically-accurate", but it is inspired by The Book of Enoch, which is considered canon by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and arguably referenced...

Heh, maybe Toril is in the Great Wheel cosmology and Abeir is in the World Axis cosmology.

Random thought I just had: Where is Abeir in the cosmology?