D&D 5E (2024) Dungeons & Dragons 2025 Monster Manuals show up in the wild.

[Micah Sweet]

This is my biggest complaint.

They stopped grouping monsters together (dragons -> all the dragons; devils -> all the devils; demons -> all the demons) and instead have individual alphabetical entries.

This makes them each feel unique, sure. BUT. I have 28 years of reading by category, and now I have to adjust when I go to reference it. UGH.

Agreed. I had to re-order them to the old way in my homebrew reference document of all 5e monsters.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

GM informed me on Bluesky that the Lizardfolk Geomancer, and Sovereign are wildly enough Elementals.

Curious about a lot of the stuff when I can look at the book on tuesday.

 

[Chaltab]

GM informed me on Bluesky that the Lizardfolk Geomancer, and Sovereign are wildly enough Elementals.

Curious about a lot of the stuff when I can look at the book on tuesday.

Elementals. That's... not where I was expecting them to take Lizardfolk.

 

[This Effin’ GM]

But in the "by family" index on the Appendices...do they say anything about the families?

Oh! I would have missed that. Yes, “Monsters by group”

Still not how I prefer it but not enough for me to go on a massive rant about it or anything

 

[Arilyn]

Because I can? And ya just never know.

We will all be bunkering down at your place during the zombie apocalypse!

 

[This Effin’ GM]

Elementals. That's... not where I was expecting them to take Lizardfolk.

WAIT WAIT WAIT I JUST READ THE LORE

They are humanoids but the ones presented in the book are lizardfolk that are specifically the ones that have spent too much time bonding w the elemental plane of earth.

Ok! My bad!

 

[Parmandur]

WAIT WAIT WAIT I JUST READ THE LORE

They are humanoids but the ones presented in the book are lizardfolk that are specifically the ones that have spent too much time bonding w the elemental plane of earth.

Ok! My bad!

That's actually pretty neat?

 

[TravDoc42]

That's actually pretty neat?

I had wondered why page 174 of the new DMG included lizardfolk among the inhabitants of the Inner Planes. I guess that's why!

 

[Parmandur]

I had wondered why page 174 of the new DMG included lizardfolk among the inhabitants of the Inner Planes. I guess that's why!

Oh, I had not even noticed that! I heard elsewhere that Aarocka are Elemwntals tied to Plane of Air in the MM now, so along with Lizardfolk for Earth and Azer for Fire, I suspect that Mermaids and/or Sauaghin might be low level Water Elementals now.

 

[TravDoc42]

Oh, I had not even noticed that! I heard elsewhere that Aarocka are Elwmwntals tied to Plane of Air in the MM now, so along with Lozardfolk for Earth and Azer for Fire, I suspect that Mermaids and/or Sauaghin might be low level Water Elementals now.

Aarakocra as Elementals makes sense to me! They're also mentioned in that list