Mike Shea

I'm worried there's going to be fewer words per monster, certainly per monster, but even like fewer words in general. And that kind of hurts because what's the context they're giving?

And this is one where I really think like the Level Up 5e Monstrous Menagerie has done better than any of the other monster books I've seen, which is by offering table usable material that you don't see in typical monster books.

And this is one where I really think like the Level Up 5e Monstrous Menagerie has done better than any of the other monster books I've seen, which is by offering table usable material that you don't see in typical monster books.

And this is one where I really think like the Level Up 5e Monstrous Menagerie has done better than any of the other monster books I've seen, which is by offering table usable material that you don't see in typical monster books.

example section is hags right it has very typical discussion about hags this is from the level up advanced 5e monstrous menagerie it was my product of the year a couple years ago i still use it all the time i use it in all my games it's a fantastic monster book i really really dig it and it has like the typical write-up but i bet you were not going to see write-ups this long for a lot of the monsters in the 2025 monster manual because they don't have the room but then you get this stuff legends and lore

example section is hags right it has very typical discussion about hags this is from the level up advanced 5e monstrous menagerie it was my product of the year a couple years ago i still use it all the time i use it in all my games it's a fantastic monster book i really really dig it and it has like the typical write-up but i bet you were not going to see write-ups this long for a lot of the monsters in the 2025 monster manual because they don't have the room but then you get this stuff legends and lore

example section is hags right it has very typical discussion about hags this is from the level up advanced 5e monstrous menagerie it was my product of the year a couple years ago i still use it all the time i use it in all my games it's a fantastic monster book i really really dig it and it has like the typical write-up but i bet you were not going to see write-ups this long for a lot of the monsters in the 2025 monster manual because they don't have the room but then you get this stuff legends and lore

right when you roll an arcana or nature check here's information the characters can learn about hags very few monster books have stuff like this hag encounters this is what i was talking about like you got hags and you know what other monsters are there right sea hags with coral fish sea hag with chule killer whales marrow water elementals or willow wisps it tells you what monsters hang out with other monsters and it includes a specific treasure section

right when you roll an arcana or nature check here's information the characters can learn about hags very few monster books have stuff like this hag encounters this is what i was talking about like you got hags and you know what other monsters are there right sea hags with coral fish sea hag with chule killer whales marrow water elementals or willow wisps it tells you what monsters hang out with other monsters and it includes a specific treasure section

right when you roll an arcana or nature check here's information the characters can learn about hags very few monster books have stuff like this hag encounters this is what i was talking about like you got hags and you know what other monsters are there right sea hags with coral fish sea hag with chule killer whales marrow water elementals or willow wisps it tells you what monsters hang out with other monsters and it includes a specific treasure section

You know, what kind of treasure do you get? You know, three hard candies. Each acts as a potion of water breathing. That's really specific to hag stuff. This is super valuable, right? If they defeat this encounter, here's the treasure. You can use just the treasure if you want. Wilderness signs. What kind of information might you see about a hag while you're going and exploring?

You know, what kind of treasure do you get? You know, three hard candies. Each acts as a potion of water breathing. That's really specific to hag stuff. This is super valuable, right? If they defeat this encounter, here's the treasure. You can use just the treasure if you want. Wilderness signs. What kind of information might you see about a hag while you're going and exploring?

You know, what kind of treasure do you get? You know, three hard candies. Each acts as a potion of water breathing. That's really specific to hag stuff. This is super valuable, right? If they defeat this encounter, here's the treasure. You can use just the treasure if you want. Wilderness signs. What kind of information might you see about a hag while you're going and exploring?

You can roll a d4 and you get it. All of this stuff is not just... general description of the monster. This is table usable material to help you build and run your games. And it's all in the book. You don't have to look up a second book. Settlement sign. Boy, I picked the right one for all the cool stuff, right? Settlement signs. What show you that the nearby settlement is under a hag?

You can roll a d4 and you get it. All of this stuff is not just... general description of the monster. This is table usable material to help you build and run your games. And it's all in the book. You don't have to look up a second book. Settlement sign. Boy, I picked the right one for all the cool stuff, right? Settlement signs. What show you that the nearby settlement is under a hag?

You can roll a d4 and you get it. All of this stuff is not just... general description of the monster. This is table usable material to help you build and run your games. And it's all in the book. You don't have to look up a second book. Settlement sign. Boy, I picked the right one for all the cool stuff, right? Settlement signs. What show you that the nearby settlement is under a hag?

Underground signs. Things you might find if you're exploring. Behaviors. What is the hag doing? Hag names. Baba Chicken Bone. That's pretty funny. Grandmother Black Teeth. Really useful stuff. I think I picked, this is not representative of every single thing inside the level of Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie, but they do have a lot of these kinds of things for a lot of the monsters.

Underground signs. Things you might find if you're exploring. Behaviors. What is the hag doing? Hag names. Baba Chicken Bone. That's pretty funny. Grandmother Black Teeth. Really useful stuff. I think I picked, this is not representative of every single thing inside the level of Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie, but they do have a lot of these kinds of things for a lot of the monsters.

Underground signs. Things you might find if you're exploring. Behaviors. What is the hag doing? Hag names. Baba Chicken Bone. That's pretty funny. Grandmother Black Teeth. Really useful stuff. I think I picked, this is not representative of every single thing inside the level of Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie, but they do have a lot of these kinds of things for a lot of the monsters.

And then you get to the stat blocks, right? Then you get to see what the actual hag does. And then it even has a little like combat, what the hag does here. It has, you know, lots of stuff about hag. There's like five pages about hags. Now this is not fair really, but I did just sort of pick hag out of a hat and the hag happened to have five pages of stuff, six pages of stuff.