D&D 5E Monster Manual Expanded II Second Edition News and Updates

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Monster Manual Expanded II 2nd Edition (Update 1) is NOW AVAILABLE!!! Download your copies now!
And yes, that is a dire corby having a Yorick moment with a myconid.

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Such an upgrade to the Fiend Folio dire corby who was definitely not frightening.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Monster Manual Expanded II 2nd Edition (Update 2) Art Preview #41. Slithering into this week's first preview is probably one of MME II's finest (and terrifying) art pieces, the Blackspawn Crawler!

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Is this a creation of yours? I feel like I would remember "behir, but make it a black dragon" if it had been in a previous edition of D&D.

 

[Weiley31]

Is this a creation of yours? I feel like I would remember "behir, but make it a black dragon" if it had been in a previous edition of D&D.

Blackspawn stalker

Blackspawn stalkers were terrifying but nearly mindless predatory dragonspawn combining the worst traits of black dragons and spiders. A related creature was the blackspawn gloomweb, which could also shroud itself in darkness. A blackspawn stalker was a large arachnoid creature with six legs and...

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[Rabulias]

Blackspawn stalker

Blackspawn stalkers were terrifying but nearly mindless predatory dragonspawn combining the worst traits of black dragons and spiders. A related creature was the blackspawn gloomweb, which could also shroud itself in darkness. A blackspawn stalker was a large arachnoid creature with six legs and...

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I think that's a different critter, Blackspawn Stalker vs a Blackspawn Crawler.

 

[Nixlord]

Is this a creation of yours? I feel like I would remember "behir, but make it a black dragon" if it had been in a previous edition of D&D.

Yes, haha. The stat block for this is in the original MME 2 but it never had an artwork. But I always had a mental idea of what it looked like, which was a giant centipede + black dragon. Finally gave it one.

And yes, the idea spawned from the stalker. If there was a spider and black dragon, why not a centipede version.

 

[Nixlord]

Monster Manual Expanded II 2nd Edition (Update 2) Art Preview #48. The most powerful yuguloth, the Baernoloth, finally gets new art! In other news, I've decided to release Update 2 by the end of the week!

 

[Nixlord]

Update 2.01 of Monster Manual Expanded II 2nd Edition has been released! You can download it now from DM's Guild! Again, this still isn't the final update. New artwork and editing are still being done. Enjoy!

 

[Demetrios1453]

Update 2.01 of Monster Manual Expanded II 2nd Edition has been released! You can download it now from DM's Guild! Again, this still isn't the final update. New artwork and editing are still being done. Enjoy!

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Downloaded it and it looks great! Can't wait to see the finished product.

One suggestion - you could use "Monarch" instead of the clunky "King/Queen" for the monsters (and NPC Barbarians) of that type scattered throughout the book. They could still be referred to as "King or Queen" in descriptive text. I'm not sure it it's too late or if it would be too much work to do that at this point...

 

[Nixlord]

Downloaded it and it looks great! Can't wait to see the finished product.

One suggestion - you could use "Monarch" instead of the clunky "King/Queen" for the monsters (and NPC Barbarians) of that type scattered throughout the book. They could still be referred to as "King or Queen" in descriptive text. I'm not sure it it's too late or if it would be too much work to do that at this point...

Ok, that actually sounds good. I'll consider doing that! Thank you for the suggestion!

 

[Nixlord]

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