The 4th Edition Monster Manual is a core rulebook for the 4th edition of Dungeons & Dragons.
Within the pages of this core rulebook for the 4th Edition of the Dᴜɴɢᴇᴏɴs & Dʀᴀɢᴏɴs® Roleplaying Game lurk nearly 500 fearsome and deadly monsters for your heroes to face, each one specially designed for ease of use and excitement in play.
The Monster Manual® features long-time favorites such as giants, demons, and dragons, as well as the brand-new titants, angels, and elemental archons. The book includes threats for characters of every level, from the lowly kobold to mighty Orcus, Demon Prince of Undead!Contents[]
The 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons ruleset revamps the mechanics of monsters substantially and it is this subject that the Monster Manual covers. Like previous iterations of the book, the Monster Manual is a compendium of basic lore, game mechanics, and imagery on the various monsters which make up the core bestiary of the D&D game.
The book consists of only four chapters, though the first chapter composes most of the book. The chapters are as follow:
- Monsters A to Z — This chapter, by far the largest, includes roughly 300 monsters from aboleths to zombies, listed alphabetically. Each section focuses on a particular monster type, with a small amount of background information for use in games, along with statistics for use in an encounter.
- Racial Traits — This chapter serves as a supplement to the Player's Handbook, providing players with alternatives to the core races in the form of "monster" races. Unlike the core races, however, these races are not extensively playtested and can be unbalanced compared to the others. Some, such as drow and gnomes, were later re-released in a more formal fashion as fully developed races.
- Glossary — An explanation of the terms used in the book, such as creature origins (including natural creatures and elementals) as well as game mechanics terms.
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Aboleth lasher • Aboleth overseer • Aboleth slime mage • Aboleth servitor • Abyssal ghoul • Abyssal ghoul hungerer • Abyssal ghoul myrmidon • Adult black dragon • Adult blue dragon • Adult green dragon • Adult red dragon • Adult white dragon • Ancient black dragon • Ancient blue dragon • Ancient green dragon • Ancient red dragon • Ancient white dragon • Angel of battle • Angel of protection • Angel of valor • Angel of valor cohort • Angel of valor legionnaire • Angel of valor veteran • Angel of vengeance • Aspect of Orcus • Astral stalker • Atropal • Azer beastlord • Azer foot soldier • Azer rager • Azer taskmaster • Balhannoth • Balor • Banshee • Banshrae dartswarmer • Banshrae warrior • Barlgura • Battle guardian • Battle wight • Battle wight commander • Bearded devil • Beholder Eye of Flame • Beholder Eye Tyrant • Berbalang • Blackscale bruiser • Black slaad (void slaad) • Blackspawn gloomweb • Blackroot treant • Blade spider • Blazing skeleton • Blood fiend • Bloodfire harpy • Bloodspike behemoth • Bloodweb spider • Blue slaad (talon slaad) • Bluespawn godslayer • Bodak skulker • Bodak reaver • Bog hag • Boneclaw • Bone devil • Bone naga • Boneshard skeleton • Bralani of autumn winds • Briar witch dryad • Bugbear strangler • Bugbear warrior • Bulette • Cacklefiend hyena • Cambion hellsword • Cambion hellfire magus • Carrion crawler • Cave bear • Cavern choker • Celestial charger • Chain devil • Chillborn zombie • Chimera • Chuul • Chuul juggernaut • Clay scout • Corruption corpse • Crimson acolyte • Crownring • Crushgrip constrictor • Cyclops battleweaver • Cyclops guard • Cyclops hewer • Cyclops impaler • Cyclops rambler • Cyclops storm shaman • Cyclops warrior • Dark creeper • Dark naga • Dark stalker • Death giant • Death hag • Deathjump spider • Death knight • Deathlock wight • Deathrattle viper • Deathpriest hierophant • Deathpriest of Orcus • Death titan • Decrepit skeleton • Demonweb terror • Destrachan • Destrachan far voice • Dire bear • Dire boar • Dire bulette • Dire rat • Dire stirge • Dire wolf • Displacer beast • Displacer beast packlord • Doppelganger assassin • Doppelganger sneak • Dracolich • Dragonborn champion • Dragonborn gladiator • Dragonborn raider • Dragonborn soldier • Dread wraith • Drider fanglord • Drider shadowspinner • Drow arachnomancer • Drow blademaster • Drow priest • Drow warrior • Dryad • Dusk unicorn • Dwarf bolter • Dwarf hammerer • Earthrage battlebriar • Earth titan • Earthwind ravager • Efreet cinderlord • Efreet fireblade • Efreet flameslinger • Efreet karadji • Efreet pyresinger • Eidolon • Eladrin fey knight • Eladrin twilight incanter • Elder black dragon • Elder blue dragon • Elder green dragon • Elder purple worm • Elder red dragon • Elder white dragon • Elf archer • Elf scout • Enormous carrion crawler • Ettercap fang guard • Ettercap webspinner • Ettin marauder • Ettin spirit-talker • Evistro • Fell troll • Fell wyvern • Fen hydra • Feygrove choker • Feymire crocodile • Fey panther • Fire archon ash disciple • Fire archon blazesteel • Fire archon emberguard • Fire bat • Fire beetle • Firebred hell hound • Fire giant • Fire giant forgecaller • Firelasher • Fire titan • Flameskull • Flame snake • Flesh golem • Fomorian warrior • Fomorian painbringer • Foulspawn • Galeb duhr earthbreaker • Galeb duhr rockcaller • Gargoyle • Gelatinous cube • Ghaele of winter • Ghoul • Giant mummy • Giant rat • Gibbering abomination • Gibbering mouther • Gibbering orb • Githyanki gish • Githyanki mindslicer • Githyanki warrior • Githzerai cenobite • Githzerai mindmage • Githzerai zerth • Glabrezu • Gnoll claw fighter • Gnoll demonic scourge • Gnoll huntmaster • Gnoll marauder • Gnome arcanist • Gnome skulk • Goblin blackblade • Goblin cutter • Goblin hexer • Goblin sharpshooter • Goblin skullcleaver • Goblin underboss • Goblin warrior • Godforged colossus • Goristro • Gravehound • Gray slaad (rift slaad) • Gray wolf • Greater helmed horror • Great flameskull • Greenscale darter • Greenscale hunter • Greenscale marsh mystic • Green slaad (curse slaad) • Grell • Grell philosopher • Grick • Grick alpha • Griffon • Grimlock ambusher • Grimlock berserker • Grimlock follower • Grimlock minion • Guard drake • Guardian naga • Guulvorg • Halfling prowler • Halfling slinger • Halfling stout • Halfling thief • Harpy • Hell hound • Hellstinger scorpion • Helmed horror • Hezrou • Hill giant • Hippogriff • Hippogriff dreadmount • Hobgoblin archer • Hobgoblin commander • Hobgoblin grunt • Hobgoblin hand of Bane • Hobgoblin soldier • Hobgoblin warcaster • Hobgoblin warrior • Hook horror • Horde ghoul • Howling hag • Human bandit • Human berserker • Human guard • Human lackey • Human mage • Human rabble • Hyena • Ice archon frostshaper • Ice archon hailscourge • Ice archon rimehammer • Ice devil • Immolith • Imp • Iron cobra • Iron defender • Iron gorgon • Kobold dragonshield • Kobold minion • Kobold skirmisher • Kobold slinger • Kobold slyblade • Kobold wyrmpriest • Kruthik adult • Kruthik hatchling • Kruthik hive lord • Kruthik young • Kuo-toa guard • Kuo-toa harpooner • Kuo-toa marauder • Kuo-toa monitor • Kuo-toa whip • Lamia • Larva mage • Legion devil grunt • Legion devil hellguard • Legion devil legionnaire • Legion devil veteran • Lich (eladrin wizard) • Lich (human wizard) • Lich vestige • Longclaw hunter • Macetail behemoth • Mad wraith • Magma brute • Magma claw • Magma hurler • Magma strider • Manticore • Marilith • Marut blademaster • Marut concordant • Medusa archer (female) • Medusa shroud of Zehir • Medusa warrior (male) • Mezzodemon • Mind flayer infiltrator • Mind flayer mastermind • Minotaur cabalist • Minotaur warrior • Mordant hydra • Mummy guardian • Mummy lord (human cleric) • Nabassu gargoyle • Needlefang drake • Night hag • Nightmare • Nightwalker • Ochre jelly • Ogre bludgeoneer • Ogre savage • Ogre skirmisher • Ogre thug • Ogre warhulk • Oni mage • Oni night haunter • Orc berserker • Orc bloodrager • Orc chieftain • Orc drudge • Orc eye of Gruumsh • Orc raider • Orc warrior • Otyugh • Owlbear • Phane • Phantom warrior • Phoenix • Pit fiend • Primordial hydra • Primordial naga • Pseudodragon • Purple worm • Quickling runner • Quickling zephyr • Rage drake • Rakshasa archer • Rakshasa assassin • Rakshasa dread knight • Rakshasa noble • Rakshasa warrior • Rat swarm • Razorclaw stalker • Red slaad (blood slaad) • Redspawn firebelcher • Riding horse • Rimefire griffon • Roc • Rockfire dreadnought • Roper • Rot harbinger • Rot slinger • Rot scarab swarm • Rotwing zombie • Sahuagin baron • Sahuagin guard • Sahuagin priest • Sahuagin raider • Salamander archer • Salamander firetail • Salamander lancer • Salamander noble • Satyr piper • Satyr rake • Savage minotaur • Shadar-kai chainfighter • Shadar-kai gloomblade • Shadar-kai warrior • Shadar-kai witch • Shadow hound • Shadow hulk • Shadowhunter bat • Shadowraven swarm • Shambling mound • Shield guardian • Shadow snake • Skeletal tomb guardian • Skeleton • Skull lord • Slaad tadpole • Slaughter wight • Snaketongue assassin • Snaketongue celebrant • Snaketongue initiate • Snaketongue warrior • Snaketongue zealot • Sorrowsworn deathlord • Sorrowsworn soulripper • Sorrowsworn reaper • Soulspike devourer • Specter • Spectral panther • Sphinx • Spined devil • Spiretop drake • Spirit devourer • Spitting drake • Stirge • Stirge swarm • Stone eye basilisk • Stone golem • Stormclaw scorpion • Storm giant • Storm gorgon • Stormrage shambler • Storm titan • Succubus • Sword wraith • Swordwing • Tangler beetle • Tarrasque • Thunderblast cyclone • Thunderfury boar • Thunderhawk • Tiefling darkblade • Tiefling heretic • Tormenting ghost • Trap haunt • Treant • Trogoldyte curse chanter • Troglodyte impaler • Troglodyte mauler • Troglodyte warrior • Troll • Umber hulk • Unicorn • Vampire lord (human rogue) • Vampire spawn bloodhunter • Vampire spawn fleshripper • Venom-eye basilisk • Vine horror • Vine horror spellfiend • Viscera devourer • Visejaw crocodile • Voidsoul specter • Vrock • War devil • Warforged captain • Warforged soldier • Worg • Warhorse • Warthorn battlebriar • War troll • Wererat • Werewolf • Wight • Wild Hunt hound • Winterclaw owlbear • Wraith • Wyvern • Young black dragon • Young blue dragon • Young green dragon • Young red dragon • Young white dragon • Yuan-ti abomination • Yuan-ti anathema • Yuan-ti malison disciple of Zehir • Yuan-ti incanter • Yuan-ti malison sharp-eye • Zombie • Zombie hulk • Zombie rotter
- Referenced only
- crystal archon • slime archon • storm archon
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| Core Sourcebooks |
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| 5th edition |
| Player's Handbook • Player's Handbook (revised) • Dungeon Master's Guide • Dungeon Master's Guide (revised) • Monster Manual • Monster Manual (revised) |
| 4th edition |
| Player's Handbook • Dungeon Master's Guide • Monster Manual |
| v.3.5 |
| Player's Handbook • Dungeon Master's Guide • Monster Manual |
| 3rd edition |
| Player's Handbook • Dungeon Master's Guide • Monster Manual |
| 2nd edition |
| Player's Handbook • Player's Handbook (revised) • Dungeon Master's Guide • Dungeon Master Guide (revised) • Monstrous Manual |
| 1st edition |
| Player's Handbook • Dungeon Masters Guide • Monster Manual |