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

[Nixlord]

Monster Manual Expanded III Art Previews #51: Only fitting that the final art preview is a dragon. I'll share a couple more announcements later in the week. 5 days left to go!

 

[Matrix Sorcica]

Man, I hope DM's Guild/Drivethrurpg get their s**t together and find an EU based printer before this becomes POD

Monster Manual Expanded III Art Previews #51: Only fitting that the final art preview is a dragon. I'll share a couple more announcements later in the week. 5 days left to go!

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[FitzTheRuke]

Way to go, Nix. This is a very impressive book based on what we've seen.

 

[Rhuarc]

Way to go, Nix. This is a very impressive book based on what we've seen.

Indeed, now get on to the next one already! ;-)

In all seriousness, cannot wait for next week.

 

[Nixlord]

Thanks, guys! I'm very excited as well!

 

[Nixlord]

I just wanted to share some numbers. Monster Manual Expanded III will have a total of 286 pages, 320 creature statblocks, and over 140 pieces of exclusive and nonstock artwork (with nearly all statblocks represented by art)! The PDF will retail for $34.99, coming only at 12.2 cents a page (the total average of the top 10 best-sellers ranges from 16-19 cents a page). Below is the breakdown of the types of creatures appearing in Monster Manual Expanded III. I separated the NPCs (customizable humanoid archetypes) from the Humanoids (goblinoids, orcs, etc.).
3 days to go before release!

 

[dave2008]

I just wanted to share some numbers. Monster Manual Expanded III will have a total of 286 pages, 320 creature statblocks, and over 140 pieces of exclusive and nonstock artwork (with nearly all statblocks represented by art)! The PDF will retail for $34.99, coming only at 12.2 cents a page (the total average of the top 10 best-sellers ranges from 16-19 cents a page). Below is the breakdown of the types of creatures appearing in Monster Manual Expanded III. I separated the NPCs (customizable humanoid archetypes) from the Humanoids (goblinoids, orcs, etc.).
3 days to go before release!

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Just curious, any particular reason for so few Elementals? Do you pretty much cover them in your previous books?

PS Just to be clear I am getting this book when it comes out, so it is not a criticism. I am just curious.

 

[Nixlord]

Just curious, any particular reason for so few Elementals? Do you pretty much cover them in your previous books?

PS Just to be clear I am getting this book when it comes out, so it is not a criticism. I am just curious.

Good question. No particular reason except that there just wasn't enough to work on/build on (from previous versions), so I just focused on the 4 standard paraelemental types (ice, ooze, magma, smoke). I thought about giving different sizes/ages but I opted to just go for other creatures instead. I could still add them in later but I'm also trying to limit the pages to minimize PoD costs.

Oh and for your other question, yes. In the previous books, I added variants of the genies and standard elementals.

 

[Nixlord]

Just curious, any particular reason for so few Elementals? Do you pretty much cover them in your previous books?

PS Just to be clear I am getting this book when it comes out, so it is not a criticism. I am just curious.

I also made azers, salamanders, xorns, gargoyle, and galeb duhr variants in the previous 2 books.

The additional salamander variants almost made it in MME3 but I ran out of time for the artwork so they will have to wait until MME4.

 

[g-unit0301]

I also made azers, salamanders, xorns, gargoyle, and galeb duhr variants in the previous 2 books.

The additional salamander variants almost made it in MME3 but I ran out of time for the artwork so they will have to wait until MME4.

Did you just low key confirm that there will be a MME4?! My guy 3 isn’t even out yet and now I’m already anticipating 4