Complete D&D Monster Index (April 2008)

[Echohawk]

[Edit: Latest version available here.]

Here is the April 2008 update of my monster index. (Without, alas, City of Stormreach.)

Updates since last release:

• Added Elder Evils
• Added D&D Miniatures: Dungeons of Dread cards
• Added Dragons of Winter
• Added Dragons of Spring
• Added Diablo II Adventure Game
• Added Dragon #360, #361, #362 online content
• Added Dungeon #151, #152 online content
• Added White Dwarf #2, #93
• Added Athasian Emporium (Athas.org)
• Added Legends of Athas (Athas.org)
• Updated Draconic Hybrids and Other Reptilian Monstrousities
• Added The Forbidden Sands of Anauroch #2
• Added a missing article from Dragon #186
• Added missing creatures from Secret of Bone Hill (L1)
• Added recent Wizards of the Coast web site updates
• Added recent Creature Catalogue updates

Here's an overview of what is included in the index:

• D&D products published by Wizards of the Coast
• D&D monsters published on the Wizards of the Coast web site
• D&D Miniatures cards
• Dragon magazine 1-362 (and Annuals)
• Dungeon magazines 1-152
• Polyhedron magazines 1-148
• Imagine magazines 1-30 (and Special Edition)
• D&D products published by TSR
• 1st and 2nd Edition AD&D products published by TSR/Wizards of the Coast
• Al-Qadim AD&D products published by TSR
• Birthright AD&D products published by TSR/Wizards of the Coast
• Dark Sun AD&D products published by TSR
• Dragonlance AD&D products published by TSR/Wizards of the Coast
• Dragonlance d20 products published by Sovereign Press/Margaret Weis Productions
• Forgotten Realms AD&D products published by TSR/Wizards of the Coast
• Greyhawk AD&D products published by TSR/Wizards of the Coast
• Kingdoms of Kalamar D&D products published by Kenzer and Company
• Lankhmar AD&D products published by TSR
• Mystara AD&D products published by TSR
• Oriental Adventures AD&D products published by TSR
• Oriental Adventures/Rokugan d20 products published by AEG
• Planescape AD&D products published by TSR
• Ravenloft AD&D products published by TSR
• Ravenloft d20 products published by Arthaus/Swords & Sorcery
• Spelljammer AD&D products published by TSR
• Monsters from D&D and AD&D computer game manuals
• White Dwarf magazines #1-#93 and "Best of" collections
• Tome of Horrors (volume 1 and volume 1 revised)
• ENWorld Creature Catalog conversions
• Vaults of Pandius hosted conversions
• Various other on-line fan conversions

 

[Shade]

As always, fantastic work!

 

[Big Mac]

Thanks for all your hard work Echohawk. It is really amazing to see how many monsters D&D has.

The sizes of Noble Draconians that are missing from your Dragons of Krynn entries.

I don't know if your "rules" forbid you from using other sources to fill in missing information. If not, you might want to use the sizes from the Bestiary of Krynn Errata errata:
http://dragonlance.com/products/errata/10024.aspx

Frost, Venom and Vapor Draconians are Medium sized. Lightning and Flame Draconians are Large sized.

BTW: Why do you have two listings of campaign settings (one with the name in brakets)?

 

[Echohawk]

Thanks for the feedback Big Mac, it is much appreciated. I've added the sizes for the draconians to the next version of the index, well spotted.

If the setting appears in brackets, that means it is implied, rather specifically labeled as a product for that setting. So, for example The Temple of Elemental Evil gets "(Greyhawk)" and A Practical Guide to Dragons gets "(Dragonlance)".

I'm afraid that the index fails to be entirely consistent with this labeling, and there are also plenty of "Generics" where an implied setting label would be better. Please let me know if you spot any that need fixing .

 

[freyar]

I was just looking for half-dragons today (going to list the easily available statted ones in the Draconic Hybrids PDF), but I couldn't find the ones from the Draconomicon web enhancement in there. Were they left out as being straightforward template application?

 

[Big Mac]

Thanks for the speedy answer. I thought it might be that, but wasn't certain.

I'm afraid that the index fails to be entirely consistent with this labeling, and there are also plenty of "Generics" where an implied setting label would be better. Please let me know if you spot any that need fixing .

This index is something that must have involved years of work, so it is a miricle that it is actually finished. If I see any bugs I'll report them in the thread where you last post the index. (And I'll make sure I'm using your latest index as you may already have fixed things.)

 

[Echohawk]

I was just looking for half-dragons today (going to list the easily available statted ones in the Draconic Hybrids PDF), but I couldn't find the ones from the Draconomicon web enhancement in there. Were they left out as being straightforward template application?

I think I left those out because they are all unique examples of half-dragons, rather than new creatures. But this is also an area where I haven't been entirely consistent, since plenty of other unique creatures have crept into the index over the years

 

[Big Mac]

I think I left those out because they are all unique examples of half-dragons, rather than new creatures. But this is also an area where I haven't been entirely consistent, since plenty of other unique creatures have crept into the index over the years

I suppose you have to draw the line somewhere to get a project like this finished.

There is always going to be someone who would appreciate getting one more bit of detail added on. And then one other more thing and something else and a bit more stuff.

I, for example, like to know ECL of monsters and your table doesn't provide that, but it would need another column for monster HD and some sort of sum to add HD to LA. (Given that monsters with 2 or more HD can start with 0 class levels, I don't think that is an easy sum.) So if you were trying to add that sort of thing on, it would probably need to be done manually and it would take years to get through it all.

I think we are better off with this being something that you are able to finish.

 

[freyar]

Saw a reference to a creature called a Boogin over on Candlekeep yesterday. You have it listed in the 2e FRCS and Bestiary of the Realms v1, but the Candlekeep folks mentioned a statblock for it in the "Beneath the Twisted Tower" adventure. I wasn't sure if that's a new "sighting" or if it's part of the FRCS, so I thought I'd mention it.

 

[Echohawk]

"Beneath the Twisted Tower" is indeed the name of the adventure included in the Shadowdale booklet from the 2nd Edition FRCS. And as far as I know, that's the only official appearance of the boogin anywhere, excluding a brief mention in Monsters of Faerûn.