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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 7898543" data-attributes="member: 508">1.&nbsp; Monstrous Manual, AD&amp;D 2E.&nbsp; This, to me, has never been beaten as the potentially sole source of monsters for any given edition.&nbsp; Good layout, good spread of monsters, good artwork, lots of details about each.&nbsp; You could run a 2E campaign using only this book for your monster needs.2.&nbsp; Monstrous Compendium series, AD&amp;D 2E.&nbsp; As mentioned above, the 3-ring format was awesome and it had a great spread of monsters plus plenty of details about each.&nbsp; The only downside was after awhile it got difficult to find a given monster you were looking for - I'm sure I'm not the only one who built himself a spreadsheet so I could easily find where the monster I was looking for was hiding.3.&nbsp; Monster Manual, D&amp;D 3.5.&nbsp; The main monster sourcebook I use today, given I still play 3.5.&nbsp; Still a good spread of monsters, artwork ranging from very good to &quot;what were they thinking?&quot; - but it's sad that the ecological info was no longer present.4.&nbsp; Deluxe Book of Templates, D&amp;D 3.X (via the OGL).&nbsp; A force multiplier, adding all sorts of new options for the monster stats you already have.5.&nbsp; The Tome of Horrors, D&amp;D 3.X (via the OGL).&nbsp; Still the best (in some cases only) source for a lot of 3.X stats for a lot of monsters that predate 3.X that WotC was in no particular hurry to update to the new rules set.I've only every played OD&amp;D through 3.5, so anything that arrived after that wasn't even on my radar.Johnathan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richards, post: 7898543, member: 508"] 1. [I]Monstrous Manual[/I], AD&D 2E. This, to me, has never been beaten as the potentially sole source of monsters for any given edition. Good layout, good spread of monsters, good artwork, lots of details about each. You could run a 2E campaign using only this book for your monster needs. 2. [I]Monstrous Compendium[/I] series, AD&D 2E. As mentioned above, the 3-ring format was awesome and it had a great spread of monsters plus plenty of details about each. The only downside was after awhile it got difficult to find a given monster you were looking for - I'm sure I'm not the only one who built himself a spreadsheet so I could easily find where the monster I was looking for was hiding. 3. [I]Monster Manual[/I], D&D 3.5. The main monster sourcebook I use today, given I still play 3.5. Still a good spread of monsters, artwork ranging from very good to "what were they thinking?" - but it's sad that the ecological info was no longer present. 4. [I]Deluxe Book of Templates[/I], D&D 3.X (via the OGL). A force multiplier, adding all sorts of new options for the monster stats you already have. 5. [I]The Tome of Horrors[/I], D&D 3.X (via the OGL). Still the best (in some cases only) source for a lot of 3.X stats for a lot of monsters that predate 3.X that WotC was in no particular hurry to update to the new rules set. I've only every played OD&D through 3.5, so anything that arrived after that wasn't even on my radar. Johnathan [/QUOTE]

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