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

Sithlord · Apr 28, 2021

I am so disappointed with 5E monsters that I would rather convert monsters from 1E and 2E myself. Although I love 5E in general. Monsters is not one of the things I like about the system.

Jefe Bergenstein · Apr 28, 2021

Sithlord said:
I am so disappointed with 5E monsters that I would rather convert monsters from 1E and 2E myself. Although I love 5E in general. Monsters is not one of the things I like about the system.

Agreed. 5E monster design is a massive step back from 4E. For the most part, they are just a dull bag of HP, an axe and an AC of 8+1d6.

Stormonu · Apr 28, 2021

No cute & fluffy bunny for the Wolf-In-Sheep’s clothing?

dave2008 · Apr 28, 2021

Sithlord said:
I am so disappointed with 5E monsters that I would rather convert monsters from 1E and 2E myself. Although I love 5E in general. Monsters is not one of the things I like about the system.

ehren37 said:
Agreed. 5E monster design is a massive step back from 4E. For the most part, they are just a dull bag of HP, an axe and an AC of 8+1d6.

While I find this to be a massive over simplification of 5e monsters (really even of the MM monsters which are the least interesting) since there are a lot of interesting monsters and some better designs than their 4e counterparts. It is also not an issue with 5e, but how some particular monsters were designed. Regardless, that leaves an opening for things like MM Expanded, or if you just want some free monsters with more interesting stat blocks you can always use these: 5e Updates: Monstrous Compendium

Nixlord · Apr 28, 2021

Stormonu said:
No cute & fluffy bunny for the Wolf-In-Sheep’s clothing?

Haha. Apparently, the fluffy bunny lure hasn't been working for the w-i-s-c these days anymore. This new cute halfling with a gold pouch has been getting more desired results.

thundershot · Apr 29, 2021

Just ordered the first two hardcovers. Looking forward to having them in hand. Perusing the PDFs in the meantime. I like what I see so far!

Nixlord · Apr 30, 2021

Monster Manual Expanded III Art Previews #30: We continue with more classic plants from the 1st/2nd edition! This week, it's the rock-shooting tree monster Noran and the spell-stealing, body-copying moss creature Obliviax!