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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dnoonan" data-source="post: 6824158" data-attributes="member: 82545">I wrote a couple monster books for DM's Guild (<a href="http://www.dmsguild.com/product/170888/Monster-Mausoleum?src=hottest_filtered&filters=45469&" target="_blank">Monster Mausoleum</a> and <a href="http://www.dmsguild.com/product/171138/Tome-of-Templates?src=hottest_filtered&filters=45469" target="_blank">Tome of Templates</a>) specifically because I needed more monsters than the 5e Monster Manual was giving me. For Monster Mausoleum, the entire creative brief was basically: "The MM has no undead between CR 5 and CR 13, so let's fix that."While I see the need for more monsters, the hardest part of doing a full-fledged monster book on DM's Guild is the art. Specifically, it's hard to pay for cool monster art without having a price point that's probably too high for DM's Guild customers (at least at this point).Don't get me wrong: I like making modular mini-books for DM's Guild and charging mini-prices for them! But I can't illustrate to anywhere near my design standards, and monster books need good art.WotC has provided some art to DM's Guild creators--mostly 4e monsters that didn't make the cut for 5e. If you do anything else, you're on your own art-wise.--David Noonanco-founder, DASTOW Games</blockquote>