D&D 5E Check Out The Full Monsters of the Multiverse Cover Art

The wraparound cover art for January's Monsters of the Multiverse -- an updated compilation of existing D&D monsters -- has been revealed. The cover features an astral dreadnaught, the same monsters which adorned AD&D's Manual of the Planes in 1987.

The front cover had been revealed previously, but this is the clearest picture yet of the full art piece by Greg Rutkowski. Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse is part of the 3-book gift set which also includes Xanathar's Guide to Everything and Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, all together in a slipcase.

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Monsters of the Multiverse is "a treasure trove of creature related material from previous products compiled into one book and updated." Improvements are based on feedback, rebalancing monsters with new and old art.

The book contains over 250 monsters, and 30 playable races, including all of the setting agnostic races that have been published outside the Player's Handbook.

Some content from Witchlight, Fizban's, and Strixhaven was influenced by Monsters of the Multiverse.

The books is available first in the gift set, but will also be available separately later in the year.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Pretty much everything with the "spellcasting" trait, which includes a fair few from the Monster Manual.

They'll update the MM monsters when they update the MM in 2024. This gift box release contains all the secondary books: Tasha's, Xanathar's, and a combined Volo's and Mordenkainen's.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Not sure if this is being posted elsewhere, but it looks like this book is getting a ton of new art.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

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This is probably art of the Starspawn. Most of them did not get any.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

To be fair, this was originally going to be a 2021 release, it just got delayed past the holidays. So it shouldn't count for one of 2022's "slots."

Good luck getting any of them to listen. I have said the same thing is other threads and it is always shot down with "But iT hAs a 2022 RelEAse DaTe, sO It COUNTS!!!" lol

 

[Stormonu]

Uh, are those Duergar - one of who is holding a flamethrower ?!?

 

[JEB]

Uh, are those Duergar - one of who is holding a flamethrower ?!?

Presumably that's the "duergar despot" from Mordenkainen's. (Though they're basically supposed to be fantasy cyborgs, so surprising that the flamethrower is its own thing - and very modern-like.)

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Presumably that's the "duergar despot" from Mordenkainen's. (Though they're basically supposed to be fantasy cyborgs, so surprising that the flamethrower is its own thing - and very modern-like.)

Actually I think it's a Duergar Xarrorn

 

[SkidAce]

He's looking pretty fabulous on his Dragon-Unicorn there .

Kirin you think?

 

[Weiley31]

Mord's really showing off big Kirin Girl energy as he rides his majestic stead into the Multiverse.


Also: PCS: That looks like a flameth-OH SNAP THAT'S A FLAMETHROWER!!

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Kirin you think?

It's pretty clearly a Kirin. It looks basically exactly like the Kirin from Volo's Guide to Monsters.