Russ “Morrus” Morrissey

Beth and Christian from Ian Royal are both going to that, along with probably people from lots of other outlets and stuff. So that's exciting. So was it... kind of, you know, preview promotion juggernaut has started to gear up. Videos have started coming out. The articles have started coming out, all in preparation for the release.

Beth and Christian from Ian Royal are both going to that, along with probably people from lots of other outlets and stuff. So that's exciting. So was it... kind of, you know, preview promotion juggernaut has started to gear up. Videos have started coming out. The articles have started coming out, all in preparation for the release.

So, and they kind of were going out over the last week or two, but obviously we weren't here. So back in December, right at the end of December, in between Christmas and New Year, in fact, I like to call the Crimbo Limbo.

So, and they kind of were going out over the last week or two, but obviously we weren't here. So back in December, right at the end of December, in between Christmas and New Year, in fact, I like to call the Crimbo Limbo.

For reasons that should be obvious. An announcement from Wizards of the Coast came out saying that the monster manual will have 85 new monsters in it. Very nice. Over 85 new monsters. So I could even 86 new monsters or even 87 new monsters or 7,249 new monsters. You can't tell, but it's over 85. We know that.

For reasons that should be obvious. An announcement from Wizards of the Coast came out saying that the monster manual will have 85 new monsters in it. Very nice. Over 85 new monsters. So I could even 86 new monsters or even 87 new monsters or 7,249 new monsters. You can't tell, but it's over 85. We know that.

That's not just new monsters. Obviously, it's got all the old monsters as well.

That's not just new monsters. Obviously, it's got all the old monsters as well.

The old monsters plus 85 new ones. About 500 in total. Wow. That's a lot of monsters.

The old monsters plus 85 new ones. About 500 in total. Wow. That's a lot of monsters.

Yeah. Basically about 20% of the book is new monsters.

Yeah. Basically about 20% of the book is new monsters.

And new art.

And new art.

Yeah. I mean, these are all images from, because they put an hour-long video up earlier this week, and these are all screenshots from that, so there's loads and loads and loads of them, because they, you know, in an hour they showed a lot of art off. But there's like over 300 new art pieces in this book. It's not just the old monster manual with slightly adjusted stat blocks and 85 new monsters.

Yeah. I mean, these are all images from, because they put an hour-long video up earlier this week, and these are all screenshots from that, so there's loads and loads and loads of them, because they, you know, in an hour they showed a lot of art off. But there's like over 300 new art pieces in this book. It's not just the old monster manual with slightly adjusted stat blocks and 85 new monsters.

It's completely redone.

It's completely redone.

Yeah, yeah. One interesting thing about it is the dragons. So they showed off the ancient gold dragon. We've seen the ancient green before, I believe, and we've talked about it here on the show. I think we saw another one. I can't remember. But just this week Wizards was sharing on Facebook the ancient gold dragon. Not the whole stat block, just kind of like the first, I guess, half of it. But

Yeah, yeah. One interesting thing about it is the dragons. So they showed off the ancient gold dragon. We've seen the ancient green before, I believe, and we've talked about it here on the show. I think we saw another one. I can't remember. But just this week Wizards was sharing on Facebook the ancient gold dragon. Not the whole stat block, just kind of like the first, I guess, half of it. But