Mike Shea

You can use the ones from the 2014 Monster Manual if you like those. You can use them from many different books. We have everything from Flea Mortals by MCDM and all of the Tomes of Beasts from Kobold Press. We have the Monster Vault from Kobold Press. We have the Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie. We have so many different monster books. That really, like, we just kind of get to pick.

You can use the ones from the 2014 Monster Manual if you like those. You can use them from many different books. We have everything from Flea Mortals by MCDM and all of the Tomes of Beasts from Kobold Press. We have the Monster Vault from Kobold Press. We have the Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie. We have so many different monster books. That really, like, we just kind of get to pick.

And then I, of course, and myself and Scott Gray and Toyo Sabadea wrote Forge of Foes. And Forge of Foes' idea was, here are the materials for you to be able to build your own monsters. So you don't even need those. And you could like all the different powers they have, but if you want to beef them up, you could just use the stats from Forge of Foes and you could beef up any monster you've got.

And then I, of course, and myself and Scott Gray and Toyo Sabadea wrote Forge of Foes. And Forge of Foes' idea was, here are the materials for you to be able to build your own monsters. So you don't even need those. And you could like all the different powers they have, but if you want to beef them up, you could just use the stats from Forge of Foes and you could beef up any monster you've got.

And then I, of course, and myself and Scott Gray and Toyo Sabadea wrote Forge of Foes. And Forge of Foes' idea was, here are the materials for you to be able to build your own monsters. So you don't even need those. And you could like all the different powers they have, but if you want to beef them up, you could just use the stats from Forge of Foes and you could beef up any monster you've got.

So, man, are we living in a wonderful stage of having so many monsters. And really, other than the idea that when Wizards of the Coast puts out the 2025 Monster Manual, that is almost certainly going to be the most popular monster book ever. published at once. Whether it eclipses the 2014 Monster Manual in overall sales is hard to say. We wouldn't know for years until that's the case.

So, man, are we living in a wonderful stage of having so many monsters. And really, other than the idea that when Wizards of the Coast puts out the 2025 Monster Manual, that is almost certainly going to be the most popular monster book ever. published at once. Whether it eclipses the 2014 Monster Manual in overall sales is hard to say. We wouldn't know for years until that's the case.

So, man, are we living in a wonderful stage of having so many monsters. And really, other than the idea that when Wizards of the Coast puts out the 2025 Monster Manual, that is almost certainly going to be the most popular monster book ever. published at once. Whether it eclipses the 2014 Monster Manual in overall sales is hard to say. We wouldn't know for years until that's the case.

But it is going to be a heavily used monster book, almost certainly the second most popular monster book, if not the first most popular monster book used overall. So it'd be really nice if they got it right. My feeling is it'd probably be fine, right? I don't think it's going to be, oh man, the design in this is better than anything I've ever seen in 5e space before. It's unlikely.

But it is going to be a heavily used monster book, almost certainly the second most popular monster book, if not the first most popular monster book used overall. So it'd be really nice if they got it right. My feeling is it'd probably be fine, right? I don't think it's going to be, oh man, the design in this is better than anything I've ever seen in 5e space before. It's unlikely.

But it is going to be a heavily used monster book, almost certainly the second most popular monster book, if not the first most popular monster book used overall. So it'd be really nice if they got it right. My feeling is it'd probably be fine, right? I don't think it's going to be, oh man, the design in this is better than anything I've ever seen in 5e space before. It's unlikely.

That seems unlikely. I feel it's equally unlikely to go, oh, this is total trash and it's the worst thing that's ever happened and nobody can ever run any of these monsters. I don't think that's likely either. I'm optimistic that it will be better than the 2014 one, which means we're in a net positive, right? And I think that that will be really good. So I'm looking forward to that.

That seems unlikely. I feel it's equally unlikely to go, oh, this is total trash and it's the worst thing that's ever happened and nobody can ever run any of these monsters. I don't think that's likely either. I'm optimistic that it will be better than the 2014 one, which means we're in a net positive, right? And I think that that will be really good. So I'm looking forward to that.

That seems unlikely. I feel it's equally unlikely to go, oh, this is total trash and it's the worst thing that's ever happened and nobody can ever run any of these monsters. I don't think that's likely either. I'm optimistic that it will be better than the 2014 one, which means we're in a net positive, right? And I think that that will be really good. So I'm looking forward to that.

Okay, there's the number. 500 monsters in this book. And this is where they start to be like, it's like the TARDIS from Doctor Who. oh, it's got 80 more monsters than the 2014 Monster Manual had. And you're like, okay, it's got more monsters than we've ever published before.

Okay, there's the number. 500 monsters in this book. And this is where they start to be like, it's like the TARDIS from Doctor Who. oh, it's got 80 more monsters than the 2014 Monster Manual had. And you're like, okay, it's got more monsters than we've ever published before.

Okay, there's the number. 500 monsters in this book. And this is where they start to be like, it's like the TARDIS from Doctor Who. oh, it's got 80 more monsters than the 2014 Monster Manual had. And you're like, okay, it's got more monsters than we've ever published before.

Okay, it's got huge, like third of a page or half page art that shows monsters in context rather than just a flat, you know, diagram of a flat picture of a monster. It actually shows the monster in context, which means there's bigger and more art. Okay, what's giving? Oh, again, we know it's physically biggest in page count. It's 384 pages, but the old one was like 320.

Okay, it's got huge, like third of a page or half page art that shows monsters in context rather than just a flat, you know, diagram of a flat picture of a monster. It actually shows the monster in context, which means there's bigger and more art. Okay, what's giving? Oh, again, we know it's physically biggest in page count. It's 384 pages, but the old one was like 320.

Okay, it's got huge, like third of a page or half page art that shows monsters in context rather than just a flat, you know, diagram of a flat picture of a monster. It actually shows the monster in context, which means there's bigger and more art. Okay, what's giving? Oh, again, we know it's physically biggest in page count. It's 384 pages, but the old one was like 320.