D&D 5E Monster Manual Expanded III HARDCOVER/PoD is FINALLY OUT! Get it now from the DM's Guild!

[Matrix Sorcica]

Primarily the graphics/layout. Book is solid, I have no fear the book will not hold up or anything. Pages are thick, non-glossy, making the book thicker than a WotC book.
So, it's not bad by any stretch, except for the picture quality some places - it's just not as good as a WotC book. Which is hardly a criticism.

 

[dave2008]

Primarily the graphics/layout. Book is solid, I have no fear the book will not hold up or anything. Pages are thick, non-glossy, making the book thicker than a WotC book.
So, it's not bad by any stretch, except for the picture quality some places - it's just not as good as a WotC book. Which is hardly a criticism.

That is what I thought and that should help @jerryrice4949 understand the print quality from DMsGuild who was concerned about POD quality.

 

[Nixlord]

Monster Manual Expanded III Art Previews #32: The last of the plants: a pair of new ones: The Doom Blossom (CR 4), a carnivorous plant that releases spores that mind controls its victims to approach it, and the Dragonroot Tree (CR 13), a massive tree that has roots that bite and lobs deadly poisonous seed pods that incapacitates prey! Next 3 weeks: Nagas!

 

[SPECTRE666]

Sorry Druid, we need to burn the forest down...

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

"Feed me! Feed me, Seymour!"

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Man, I'm converting a DCC module (Hole in the Sky), and I wonder which of these plant monsters would best reflect this creature;

 

[Rhuarc]

Great previews and some more awesome art, really looking forward to the 30th of July!

In hindsight, after seeing all of this, it's really a shame that the first two books could not benefit from the same treatment (90% original art) that you are doing for this one (and hopefully for #4 as well). I'm pretty sure you didn't have the necessary funds back then to accomplish this, so not a surprise of course. Still, rather unfortunate as there are so many cool monsters in there that could really use an art upgrade/update as well...

 

[Weiley31]

Man I would love a Ragewalker and a Stonesinger to appear in a later expanded book.

 

[Nixlord]

Great previews and some more awesome art, really looking forward to the 30th of July!

In hindsight, after seeing all of this, it's really a shame that the first two books could not benefit from the same treatment (90% original art) that you are doing for this one (and hopefully for #4 as well). I'm pretty sure you didn't have the necessary funds back then to accomplish this, so not a surprise of course. Still, rather unfortunate as there are so many cool monsters in there that could really use an art upgrade/update as well...

Yes, at the time, I could only afford to have the cover art and a few interior art pieces commissioned.

Thankfully, because of the success of the first two books, having 90% original art became possible.

It doesn't mean I can't improve some of the first two books' artwork in the future though.

 

[Rhuarc]

It doesn't mean I can't improve some of the first two books' artwork in the future though.

Hear, Hear! I'd certainly pay for that down the road as well