Official News Monstrous Menagerie II is Now Available!

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The long-awaited release of Monstrous Menagerie II is here!

Monstrous Menagerie II: Hordes & Heroes is the long-awaited sequel to 2021' s critically-acclaimed Monstrous Menagerie, providing nearly 300 more monsters for your Level Up A5E or D&D 5E games, at all Challenge Ratings up to CR 28!

With a slew of new monsters, new horde monster rules to let your heroes carve their way through large groups of minions, heroic monsters which can level up with you—whether companion or recurring foe—and all the helpful tools you loved in Monstrous Menagerie, this book is here to take your Level Up and D&D games to a whole new level!

Monstrous Menagerie and Monstrous Menagerie II: Hordes & Heroes are fully compatible with 2014 D&D, 2024 D&D, and—of course—Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition.

• You can download the intro chapter for free right here!
• A look at the new stat block features.
• See the full monster entry for the fearsome archlich!
• Here's how content warnings help your game.
• Wondering how horde monsters work?
• This is a full list of monsters in Monstrous Menagerie II.
• Mohsilith the Diamond Willed is the reason gem dragons hide away.
• How do the new Heroic Monsters work?
• Body Bags bring the body horror to Monstrous Menagerie II!
• Check out this gorgeous art preview of the book.
• Dominus is one of many unique named monsters.
• The khalkoi are back--and this time they've brought their queen!
• Evoke those folk horror vibes with Longfinger...

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[RangerWickett]

I wrote the vaknid, fey dragon, eclipsar, runic guardian, and penitent mantis.

I would love it if someone would use one of my monsters and tell me how they turned out.

 

[Corinnguard]

I wrote the vaknid, fey dragon, eclipsar, runic guardian, and penitent mantis.

When you were designing the Fey Dragon for the MM2, did you get some bardic inspiration from the plant monster in the movie, The Little Shop of Horrors?

 

[RangerWickett]

I did not specifically think of Audrey II for the design, but the artist did a cool job. This was my original write-up for an illustration pitch:

[[Art: Illustration of a fey dragon. Mood: A cat playing with its food. A colossal colorful critter with a body shape readily identifiable as a dragon, but with body parts that resembles a mix of wood, leaves, feathers, flowers, and insect parts. Perhaps scales like the iridescent feathers of a superb starling, wings like a butterfly, and a head reminiscent of an orchid with teeth.]]

The mechanics are probably most inspired by Alice in Wonderland. It's a very silly monster.