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Message: <blockquote data-quote="atom crash" data-source="post: 2911917" data-attributes="member: 22162">I do see the logic of this statement, and I can see how some people might feel that what is offered by the ToC just doesn't live up to the name "Monster Manual." The Monster Manual has traditionally been the name reserved for a book chock full of new monsters of all types. And WotC already has a series of books that looks more in-depth at a narrower range of creatures.I couldn't agree more. I thought the most useful part of Heroes of Battle was the sample army units for the different racial types. I can see myself using those things again and again. I'd love to see an entire book devoted to that concept. I'd like to see, for example, a book that focuses on different samples of Monstrous Humanoids: bugbears, orcs, goblins, hobgoblins, minotaurs. Just tons of statblocks for each. I really don't need any new Monstrous Humanoids; I just need more examples of existing varieties that I can use. Give me more specific types of orcs and bugbears, goblins and hobgoblins. And lairs, treasures, ready-made encounters, right on!I don't think of myself as lazy or uncreative. I'd do the work myself, but since my spare time is already stretched so thin, I'd rather have a source I can rip ready-made statblocks from, and focus my prep time on coming up with decent plots.</blockquote>