Where do your monsters come from?

[Arnwyn]

My sources:

MM1
MM2
Tome of Horrors
Monsters of Faerun
Fiend Folio
CC1
CC2
Ravenloft: Denizens of Dread
Oriental Adventures
Creatures of Rokugan
other 3e books (FR, Dragon, etc)
2e MC1 and MC2 (converted)
2e MCFR1 and MCFR2 (converted)
2e MC Al-Qadim (converted)
2e MC Mystara (converted)
2e MC Spelljammer 1 & 2 (converted)
2e MC Kara-Tur (converted)
2e MC Greyhawk (converted)
2e MC Planescape 1, 2, 3 (converted)
2e MC Dark Sun 1 & 2 (converted)
2e MC Dragonlance (converted)
other 2e sources (converted)
full 3e creation/conversion of the old Fighting Fantasy "Out of the Pit" book (along with other FF books)

Needless to say, I don't buy any more monster books.

 

[Wombat]

Hmmm, when I read the title of this thread I thought it was going to be a serious discussion of monster overpopulation in D&D worlds -- where do all of these top carnivores actually come from? How can they possibly all survive in such large numbers?

Ah well.

I would say most of my "monsters" come from the PHB, secondarly from the MM, and third from the S&S Creature Collections.

I stopped collecting monster books a lot time ago, as I found most of the monsters, even in the core books, inordinately silly and just plain bizarre, though to no real purpose. Instead I simply create variants of the monsters in the basic book.

 

[Ao the Overkitty]

I use the Monsters Manual and sometimes the Monsters Manual II. While I have Monsters of Faerun, I don't use it very often.

I'm a big fan of class levels. And trolls. And templates.

 

[Arnwyn]

Hmmm, when I read the title of this thread I thought it was going to be a serious discussion of monster overpopulation in D&D worlds -- where do all of these top carnivores actually come from? How can they possibly all survive in such large numbers?

Ah well.

You'll never get that, because the simple answer is: "they can't". They never could for as long as D&D is around. A serious discussion of monster ecology just ain't gonna happen, because it doesn't exist. I know it's something I've come to accept.

I'm not sure how many players would care, either (I'm guessing very few, as shown by the lack of discussion of this topic).

 

[Zappo]

I use the MM, and lots of converted Planescape creatures. I pick up the conversions from websites or do them myself.

 

[the Jester]

Akron. And Elkhart, Indiana. But mostly Akron.

No wonder the Defenders of Daybreak do so well!

 

[the Jester]

Hmmm, when I read the title of this thread I thought it was going to be a serious discussion of monster overpopulation in D&D worlds -- where do all of these top carnivores actually come from? How can they possibly all survive in such large numbers?

Well, as to that one...

If you postulate that most creatures have a high rate of reproduction, and a fecund enough base to the ecosystem (underground fungi, rampant grasses, small animals, etc) you can make it believable- not to mention that intelligent interference with the patterns of nature via weather magic and the like has helped ensure that there's enough to go around for the most part.

I think the key is a very fertile, fecund world that can support large populations and recover quickly from devastating assaults.

 

[Arthur Tealeaf]

I've been running the Witchfire Trilogy, and ever monster there is either new or from the Monsternomicon. No monsters from MM!

 

[am181d]

I use some of the monster books sometimes, but mostly I just make things up.

 

[BSF]

Mostly the Monster Manual and the PHB.

Penumbra's Fantasy bestiary is getting a little use now as well and the dragonomicon is starting to come into play.

For previous campaigns, I also used Monster Manual II, Manual of the Planes, Monsters of Faerun, Green Ronin's and Mongoose's Necromancy books, and the Creature Catalog here.