So Much Art From the 2025 Monster Manual

Here's some preview art from the 2025 Monster Manual, courtesy of Wizards of the Coast's "Everything You Need to Know Video" on the new book.

A classic Faceless Stalker:

A demon of some kind:

Arch-Hags:

Some kobolds:

A Nalfeshnee, perhaps?

A revenant:

Blue dracolich:

Death Knight:

Death tyrant:

Chimera:

Githyanki (with the central warrior recreating a classic pose):

A mummy lord:

A marrow:

A balrog balor:

Mimics:

While I'm tempted to say a tressym, this actually might be a new sphinx design:

Bone fiend:

Sladd:

Rust monster:

Platinum(?) dragon:

Bronze dragon:

Hezrou, perhaps?

Fire giant, not Karlach:

Cloud giants:

Zombies:

Red dragon:

Hags (including a male hag):

Dryads (including a male dryad):

Horned devil:

Incubus and succubus:

Vampires:

Vampire:

Colossus:

Spirit naga:

Copper dragon:

White dragon:

Blue dragon:

Gold dragon:

Black dragon:

 

[Osgood]

That's a lot of good looking art! I'm exciting for this book!

 

[DarkCrisis]

Since when are Cloud Giants, vampires?

Nice art.

 

[Tonguez]

I hope thats not the new sphinx design!

The Spirit Naga and the Rust Monster are very cool though

The Fire Giant seems a bit thin for a giant, more like a Efreet or demon - and the artist seems to really like Demons
and breaking lore they've got male hags and male dryads - which is a bummer. IMC Trolls are male hags
and Kobolds look too much like theyre just dragons - do we need both them and dragonborn?

 

[Azzy]

Since when are Cloud Giants, vampires?

Nice art.

Cloud giants have always had funky fangs, but the new incarnation has put them closer together than the old AD&D art.

 

[billd91]

Since when are Cloud Giants, vampires?

Nice art.

They had fangs back in the 1e Monster Manual.

 

[darjr]

I saw what you did there!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I like the world building of this art, taken as a whole.

 

[Professor Murder]

Gotta say, I quite like the succubi/incubi design. Sexy/sensual without being titillating. A hard task I am sure.

 

[pukunui]

A demon of some kind:
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I wonder if this is the new look for the barlgura?

While I'm tempted to say a tressym, this actually might be a new sphinx design:
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It might be the new sphinx of wonder?

Platinum(?) dragon:
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I suspect this is a (red) shadow dragon.

Copper dragon:
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I thought the new coppers had ridiculously long sinewy necks? This one doesn't look like that.

Blue dragon:
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I think this is a silver dragon, not a blue one.