D&D General Here's the list of monsters from the D&D World of Warcraft book

Chapter 7 of the upcoming World of Warcraft book for D&D is a Bestiary of Azeroth. There are 48 monsters listed in total, including some characters from the MMORPG. Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft will be released on November 3rd, 2026. Pre-orders for the book are available now.

CR 1: Fel Imp, Murloc Forager, Voidwalker
CR 2: Shadowstalker Satyr
CR 3: Murloc Oracle, Voidcaller
CR 4: Felguard, Felsworn Satyr, Furbolg Totemic
CR 5: Felhound, Furbolg Ursa, Naga Myrmidon
CR 6: Green Dragonflight Whelp
CR 7: Blue Dragonflight Whelp, Naga Sea Witch, Quilboar Thornweaver
CR 8: Red Dragonflight Whelp
CR 9: Black Dragonflight Whelp, Naga Siren
CR 10: Bronze Dragonflight Whelp
CR 11: Doomguard, Moonkin, Nerubian Warrior
CR 12: Abomination, Green Dragonflight Drake, Infernal
CR 13: Blue Dragonflight Drake, Nerubian Crypt Fiend
CR 14: Ancient of War, Nerubian Venomancer
CR 15: N'raqi Faceless One, Red Dragonflight Drake
CR 16: Black Dragonflight Drake, Shingrra
CR 17: Bronze Dragonflight Drake
CR 19: Green Dragonflight Dragon
CR 20: Anduin Wrynn, Blue Dragonflight Dragon, Pit Lord
CR 21: Alleria Windrunner, N'raqi Faceless General, Red Dragonflight Dragon
CR 22: Black Dragonflight Dragon, Jaina Proud Thrall
CR 23: Bronze Dragonflight Dragon, Ragnaros, nas Windrunner
CR 24: Illidan Stormrage
CR 24: Lich King Arthas

 

[Parmandur]

Being an old guy I really prefer "D" for dragons or "S" for satyr. Finding them in the current MM is a pain in the ass and feels like an affront to proper alphabetization. It also means you can't have useful species type subsections. But I'm an old guy so who knows, maybe this is fine.

There's really no way to do this without causing problems: the problem in the 2014 Monster Manual was precisely those "type" subsections: like 40% of the book was in D.

 

[Silam]

There's really no way to do this without causing problems: the problem in the 2014 Monster Manual was precisely those "type" subsections: like 40% of the book was in D.

Why would that matter?

If two monster types begin with D, then you sort them by the second letter and so on. Demon, Devil, Dragon… it’s extremely simple and the first letter distribution skew has no importance whatsoever

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

One of the Dungeon Tubers (apologies for forgetting which one) mentioned some of Arthas stats and I have to say I was a bit shocked his Armor Class was only 20....maybe his Armour is only for decoration.

Maybe the Helm of Domination and Frostmourne require a bunch of attunement slots. (Frostmourne should probably be an artifact, if they're doing that in this book.)

 

[mamba]

There's really no way to do this without causing problems: the problem in the 2014 Monster Manual was precisely those "type" subsections: like 40% of the book was in D.

not sure why how many monsters are under what letter is relevant. I do not even care if you go by Dragon, Green or Green Dragon, but be consistent. You did not do that eg for Slaad and pretty much anything but dragons. That is not an improvement, it’s just a new set of exceptions to get used to

 

[Clint_L]

Being an old guy I really prefer "D" for dragons or "S" for satyr. Finding them in the current MM is a pain in the ass and feels like an affront to proper alphabetization. It also means you can't have useful species type subsections. But I'm an old guy so who knows, maybe this is fine.

I'm with you! I normally search monsters using DDB, but I have a physical copy of the MM because it's gorgeous, and the first time I flipped through it, I was like, "The hell is this?" Very confusing. I recognize there's no perfect system, but the 2024 version is the least ideal, for me.

 

[abazaba]

 

[Vrindlevine]

Yea im not sure what the "correct" way to order things is i.e. the textbook way.

That being said I have always done it sorted by creature type. Then ordered alphabetically, for creatures under a sub heading I put the subheading alphabetically in the main list then each creature within under its own subheading, so you can go to e for elf for all the elves or t for true dragons for those.

Maybe its wrong but its worked pretty well for me.

 

[Parmandur]

Why would that matter?

If two monster types begin with D, then you sort them by the second letter and so on. Demon, Devil, Dragon… it’s extremely simple and the first letter distribution skew has no importance whatsoever

The big issue they found for discoverability among newer players using the MM as a cross reference to published works was not knowing where the find all the Fiends: now they are all clear in the Table of Contents without having to know if they are a Devil, a Demon, or a Yuggoloth.

 

[Parmandur]

not sure why how many monsters are under what letter is relevant. I do not even care if you go by Dragon, Green or Green Dragon, but be consistent. You did not do that eg for Slaad and pretty much anything but dragons. That is not an improvement, it’s just a new set of exceptions to get used to

Devils and Demons were the big problem this approach solved, actually.

 

[Parmandur]

I'm with you! I normally search monsters using DDB, but I have a physical copy of the MM because it's gorgeous, and the first time I flipped through it, I was like, "The hell is this?" Very confusing. I recognize there's no perfect system, but the 2024 version is the least ideal, for me.

I was unsure about it at first, but honestly in practice it makes just as much sense as the 2024 MM, probably more, and way better indexed.