Monster Manual V

Monster Manual V is an accessory for the 3.5-edition of ruleset. "The darkest dungeons of your world just got a little darker.

This supplement for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game presents more than a hundred monstrous foes to challenge even the toughest player characters, including draconic masterminds, demonic horrors, vengeful fey that haunt ancient ruins, and mind flayers driven mad from their journey beyond the planes. This book also provides powerful, ready-to-play varieties of popular monsters such as the hobgoblin, the kuo-toa, and the vampire, saving Dungeon Masters precious time at the game table.

In addition to scores of new monsters, this tome features sample encounters, easy-to-follow tactics, and guidance for integrating these new creatures into any D&D campaign setting."

- Back cover text

Contents

 * Monsters by Challenge Rating
 * Monsters by ECL
 * Introduction
 * The Monsters
 * Monster Feats
 * Glossary
 * Monsters by Type (and Subtype)
 * Feats
 * Spell
 * Templates
 * For Player Characters
 * Mounts/Companion Creatures
 * Race
 * Summonable Creatures
 * Items

Description
Monster Manual V contains a variety of new creatures as well as expanded variants on staple monsters.

Creatures

 * • • blackwing •  •  • demon ( • carnage demon •  •  • ) • demonthorn mandrake • devil ( • remmanon • ) • elemental mage (ken-kuni • ken-li • ken-sun) •  • ethereal defiler •  •  • garngrath • gem scarab • golem ( • magmacore golem) • graveyard sludge • greenspawn zealot • guulvorg • haunt (bridge haunt • forest haunt • taunting haunt) • hobgoblin • jaebrin•  • malastor •  • mind flayers of Thoon (Thoon disciple • shadow flayer • Thoon infiltrator • Thoon soldier • madcrafter • scyther • stormcloud of Thoon • Thoon hulk • Thoon elder brain) •  • ruin chanter •  •  • sanguineous drinker •  • shaedling •  • seige beetle •  (servitors: bonespur • serpentir • spectral rider) • spawn of Juiblex • spirrax • steelwing •  •  •  •  • ushemoi • verdant reaver • vinespawn •  • Wild Hunt ( • )


 * Characters
 * Dalmosh • Illurien • dragons of the Great Game (Chorranathau • Morlicantha) • vampires (The Black Duke • The Red Widow)


 * Templates
 * god-blooded (Gruumsh-blooded • Imix-blooded • Kord-blooded • Orcus-blooded • Vecna-blooded • Yeenoghu-blooded) • Phantom • Thoon thrall • Xorvintaal dragon • Xorvintaal exarch

Credits

 * Lead Designer:David Noonan
 * Additional Design: Creighton Broadhurst, Jason Bulmahn, David Chart, B. Matthew Conklin III, Jesse Decker, James "Grim" Desborough, Rob Heinsoo, Sterling Hershey, Tim Hitchcock, Luke Johnson, Nicholas Logue, Mike McArtor, Aaron Rosenberg, Robert J. Schwalb, Rodney Thompson, Wil Upchurch
 * Development Team: Stephen Schubert, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, Mike Mearls, Matthew Sernett
 * Editors: Chris Sims, Logan Bonner, Scott Fitzgerald Gray
 * Freelance Manager: Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel
 * Editing Manager: Kim Mohan
 * Design Manager: Christopher Perkins
 * Development Manager: Jesse Decker
 * Director of RPG R&D: Bill Slavicsek
 * Senior Art Director RPG: Stacy Longstreet
 * Art Director: Karin Powell
 * Cover Art: Henry Higginbotham
 * Interior Artists: David Allsop, Jason Chan, Miguel Coimbra, Carl Critchlow, Daarken, Wayne England, Tomás Giorello, Ralph Horsley, Warren Mahy, Izzy Medrano, Steve Prescott, Wayne Reynolds, Skan Srisuwan, Ron Spears, Anne Stokes, Arnie Swekel, Franz Vohwinkel, Anthony Waters, Eva Widermann, James Zhang
 * Cartographer: Jason Engle
 * Graphic Designer: Michael Martin
 * Graphic Production Specialist: Angelika Lokotz, Erin Dorries
 * Image Technician: Sven Bolen
 * Production Managers: Josh Fischer, Randall Crews