D&D 5E My MMII Wishlist

[ColinChapman]

Just for kicks, I put together a thorough listing of what I hoped would form a speculative MMII. What do you think? What would your list look like? What would you add/remove? It's likely more than they could fit, but hope springs eternal.

Edit: New additions in RED. All together, the entries would form a book around 240 pages in length if formatted the same and illustrated the same as the current MM, inclusive of Contents pages. A reasonably large volume, if smaller than the current MM (though it would likely retail for the same due to smaller print runs necessitated by it not being the main core monster volume).

MMII

Android
Aquatic Variants (Koalinth, Lacedon, Scrag)
Aranea
Archon (Hound, Lantern, Sword, Trumpet)
Asperi
Aspis (Drone, Larva, Cow)
Astral Dreadnought
Atomie
Balhannoth
Banderhobb
Barghest (Barghest, Whelp)
Beholders (Death Kiss, Director, Eyeball, Eye of the Deep, Gorbel, Hive Mother, Lensman, Overseer, Watcher)
Bodak
Bonesnapper
Brain in a Jar
Brownie
Buckawn
Caterwaul
Catoblepas
Cave Fisher
Chitine/Choldrith
Choker
Coffer Corpse
Clockwork Horror (Copper, Silver, Gold, Electrum, Platinum, Adamantite)
Crimson Death
Crypt Thing
Crysmal
Dark Creeper/Stalker
Decapus
Demodand (Shaggy, Slime, Tarry)
Demon (Bebelith, Nabassu, Retriever, Rutterkin)
Derro
Devil (Abishai – Black/Blue/Green/Red/White, Nupperibo)
Devourer
“Dinosaurs” (Apatosaurus, Archelon, Compsognathus, Deinonychus, Dunkleosteus, Hadrosaurus, Icthyosaurus, Iguanodon, Kronosaurus, Ornithomimus, Pachycephalosaurus, Spinosaurus, Stegosaurus, Therizinosaurus)
Dragon, Catastrophic (Blizzard, Earthquake, Volcanic)
Dragon, Gem (Amethyst, Crystal, Emerald, Sapphire, Topaz)
Dragonne
Eidolon/Rogue Eidolon
Eladrin (Coure, Bralani, Firre, Ghaele, Noviere, Shiere, Shiradi, Tulani)
Elemental Grue (Chaggrin, Harginn, Ildriss, Varrdig)
Elf, Aquatic
Ethergaunt (Black, Red, White)
Eye of Fear and Flame
Feyr (Feyr, Greater Feyr)
Fire Drake
Firenewt
Flail Snail
Formian (Worker, Warrior, Myrmarch, Taskmaster, Queen)
Forsaken Shell
Froghemoth (Froghemoth, Tadhemoth)
Giant (Desert, Jungle, Reef)
Giantkin (Firbolg, Verbeeg, Voadkyn)
Gnome, Spriggan
Golem (Bone, Brain, Caryatid Column, Glass, Iron Cobra, Necrophidius, Topiary, Web, Wood)
Grig
Grippli
Guardinal (Avoral, Cervidal, Equinal, Leonal, Lupinal, Musteval, Ursinal)
Hag, Annis
Half-Demon (Alu, Draegloth, Fey’ri, Tanarukk)
Heucuva
Hybsil
Illithidae (Elder Brain, Neothelid, Ulitharid)
Inevitable (Kolyarut, Marut, Quarut, Zalakhut)
Ixitxachitl (Ixitxachitl, Vampiric Ixitxachitl)
Jermlaine
Kamadan
Kampfult
Kelpie
Kopru
Korred
Lammasu
Leucrotta
Lich (Alhoon, Baelnorn)
Lillend
Lycanthropes (Foxwoman, Werebadger, Werebat, Werecrocodile, Werejaguar, Wereshark, Werespider)
Manscorpion
Mimic, House Hunter
Mongrelfolk
Naga (Dark, Water)
Neogi
Nereid
Nixie
Nuckelavee
Nymph
Paraelemental (Ice, Magma, Ooze, Smoke)
Pech
Phoenix
Plants (Basidirond, Giant Sundew, Hangman Tree, Mantrap, Stranglevine, Strangleweed, Thorny, Tri-Flower Frond)
Prehistoric Beasts (Andrewsarchus, Basilosaurus, Brontotherium, Chalicotherium, Dorudon, Glyptodon, Indricotherium, Megatherium)
Psurlon
Quickling
Redcap
Sandling
Shedu
Sirine
Skeleton Warrior
Spawn of Kyuss
Sphinx (Crio, Hieraco)
Su Monster
Sylph
Tabaxi
Tasloi
Tentamort
Triton
Tsochar
Ulgurstasta
Vargouille
Vegepygmy
Wemic
Wendigo
Wolfwere
Xag-Ya/Xeg-Yi
Xvart
Yellow Musk Creeper (Creeper, Zombie)
Yugoloth (Canoloth, Dergholoth, Gacholoth, Hydroloth, Piscoloth, Yagnoloth)

Appendix Entries
Barracuda
Cat, Winged
Cave Cricket
Cave Moray
Cheetah
Cooshee (Elven Dog)
Dolphin
Fire Bat
Fox
Giant Ant (Worker, Soldier, Queen)
Giant Bee (Worker, Soldier, Queen)
Giant Beetle (Bombardier, Stag, Water)
Giant Jellyfish
Giant Leech
Giant Lynx
Giant Mantis
Giant Moray
Giant Slug
Giant Snake, Amphisbaena
Gull
Hare
Hippocampus
Hippopotamus
Jackelope
Jellyfish
Lynx
Monkey
Moray
Ostrich
Otter
Parrot
Penguin
Porcupine
Raccoon
Rothe
Seal
Skunk
Sperm Whale
Squirrel
Stingray
Swarm of Locusts
Terrier
Walrus

 

[Mouseferatu]

I agree with, oh, 95% of your list. Well done.

I don't ever want to see gem dragons back, though. I'd much rather the catastrophic and plague dragons from 4E.

 

[MortalPlague]

Cat, Winged

Eh?

Good list, I'd like to see most of these too. I don't recall seeing a winged cat before, though.

In a new Monster Manual, I'd definitely like to see some new content as well. Updated stat blocks are all well and good, but innovation is a good thing too. Keeps the old players who've seen everything on their toes.

 

[ColinChapman]

I agree with, oh, 95% of your list. Well done.

I don't ever want to see gem dragons back, though. I'd much rather the catastrophic and plague dragons from 4E.

I'll happily take 95% agreement any day of the week for a list like this. I tried to really hit the main missing entries, any holes I saw, and also present the quintessential "second tier" critters.

 

[rjfTrebor]

I'd actually like to see the WotC team come up with some completely new monsters in addition to probably 88% of Jargogle's list.

my personal pick would be the Balhannoth. I got killed by one in 4e and it's been one of my favorite monsters since.

 

[ColinChapman]

Eh?

Good list, I'd like to see most of these too. I don't recall seeing a winged cat before, though.

They're often called Tressym, and date back to 2e, IIRC.

In a new Monster Manual, I'd definitely like to see some new content as well. Updated stat blocks are all well and good, but innovation is a good thing too. Keeps the old players who've seen everything on their toes.

I'd rather see all the old favourites presented first; a lot of new entries are either redundant (because D&D has presented so many damn critters over the years there's a reasonable chance something has already been done) or not necessarily that good. I'd prefer all-new beasties appear together in an all-new volume (a single book devoted entirely to the new). Certainly, I'd want MMII to only present existing entries, if only because so many good/cool ones were left out of MMI's essential collection.

 

[ColinChapman]

I'd actually like to see the WotC team come up with some completely new monsters in addition to probably 88% of Jargogle's list.

my personal pick would be the Balhannoth. I got killed by one in 4e and it's been one of my favorite monsters since.

Thanks for the kind words. Care to describe the Balhannoth, please (I didn't do 4e, so I've no idea what it is)?

 

[rjfTrebor]

Thanks for the kind words. Care to describe the Balhannoth, please (I didn't do 4e, so I've no idea what it is)?

it's like a large, tentacled, cave-dwelling aberration that can teleport around.

 

[frankthedm]

it's like a large, tentacled, cave-dwelling aberration that can teleport around.

The 3E version had an anti magic grapple because too many folks overused Freedom Of Movement and Dimension Door because too many monsters had Improved Grab.

 

[Scorpio616]

I don't recall seeing a winged cat before, though.

Adorable things. Murder incarnate, but adorable.