Monster Manual 5th edition is a core sourcebook for the 5th edition of Dungeons & Dragons, published by Wizards of the Coast on September 30, 2014. It covers a range of monsters for the game.
“
The A to Z Fantasy Bestiary'
The Monster Manual presents a horde of classic Dungeons & Dragons creatures, including dragons, giants, mind flayers, and beholders—a monstrous feast for Dungeon Masters ready to challenge their players and populate their adventures.
The monsters contained herein are culled from the D&D game's illustrious history, with easy-to-use game statistics and thrilling stories to feed your imagination.”
— Back-cover text
Index[]
Creatures[]
Aberrations
Beasts
allosaurus • ankylosaurus • ape • axe beak • baboon • badger • bat • black bear • blood hawk • boar • brown bear • camel • cat • cave bear • constrictor snake • crab • crocodile • deer • dire wolf • draft horse • eagle • elephant • elk • flying snake • frog • giant ape • giant badger • giant bat • giant boar • giant centipede • giant constrictor snake • giant crab • giant crocodile • giant eagle • giant elk • giant fire beetle • giant frog • giant goat • giant hyena • giant lizard • giant octopus • giant owl • giant poisonous snake • giant rat • giant scorpion • giant sea horse • giant shark • giant spider • giant toad • giant vulture • giant wasp • giant weasel • giant wolf spider • goat • hawk • hunter shark • hyena • jackal • killer whale • lion • lizard • mammoth • mastiff • mule • octopus • owl • panther • plesiosaurus • poisonous snake • polar bear • pony • pteranodon • quipper • rat • raven • reef shark • rhinoceros • riding horse • saber-toothed tiger • scorpion • sea horse • spider • stirge • tiger • triceratops • tyrannosaurus rex • vulture • warhorse • weasel • wolf
Celestials
Constructs
animated armor • clay golem • flesh golem • flying sword • helmed horror • homunculus • iron golem • modrons (duodrone • monodrone • pentadrone • quadrone • tridrone) • rug of smothering • scarecrow • shield guardian • stone golem
Dragons
Elementals
air elemental • azer • dao • djinni • dust mephit • earth elemental • efreeti • fire elemental • fire snake • galeb duhr • gargoyle • ice mephit • invisible stalker • magma mephit • magmin • marid • mud mephit • salamander • smoke mephit • steam mephit • water elemental • water weird • xorn
Fey
Fiends
arcanaloth • balor • barbed devil • barlgura • bearded devil • bone devil • cambion • chain devil • chasme • dretch • erinyes • glabrezu • gnoll fang of Yeenoghu • goristro • hell hound • hezrou • horned devil • ice devil • imp • incubus • lemure • mane • marilith • mezzoloth • nalfeshnee • night hag • nightmare • nycaloth • pit fiend • quasit • rakshasa • shadow demon • spined devil • succubus • ultroloth • vrock • yochlol
Giants
cloud giant • cyclops • ettin • fire giant • fomorian • frost giant • half-ogre/ogrillon • hill giant • ogre • oni • stone giant • storm giant • troll
Humanoids
aarakocra • bugbear • bullywug • deep gnome • drow • duergar • githyanki • githzerai • gnoll • goblin • grimlock • hobgoblin • jackalwere • kenku • kobold • kuo-toa • lizard king • lizardfolk • merfolk • orc • orog • quaggoth • sahuagin • thri-kreen • troglodyte • werebear • wereboar • wererat • weretiger • werewolf • winged kobold • yuan-ti pureblood
Monstrosities
abominable yeti • androsphinx • ankheg • basilisk • behir • bulette • carrion crawler • centaur • chimera • cockatrice • darkmantle • death dog • displacer beast • doppelganger • drider • ettercap • gorgon • grick • griffon • guardian naga • gynosphinx • harpy • hippogriff • hook horror • hydra • kraken • lamia • manticore • medusa • merrow • mimic • minotaur • owlbear • peryton • phase spider • piercer • purple worm • remorhaz • roc • roper • rust monster • spirit naga • tarrasque • umber hulk • winter wolf • worg • yeti • yuan-ti abomination • yuan-ti malison
Oozes
Plants
awakened shrub • awakened tree • gas spore • myconid • needle blight • shambling mound • shrieker • treant • twig blight • vine blight • violet fungus
Undead
banshee • beholder zombie • bone naga • crawling claw • death knight • death tyrant • demilich • flameskull • ghast • ghost • ghoul • lich • mummy • mummy lord • poltergeist • revenant • shadow • skeleton • specter • vampire • vampire spawn • wight • will-o'-wisp • wraith • zombie
Credits[]
- D&D Lead Designers: Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford
- Monster Manual Lead: Christopher Perkins
- Stat Block Development: Chris Sims, Rodney Thompson, Peter Lee
- Story Development: Robert J. Schwalb, Matt Sernett, Steve Townshend, James Wyatt
- Editing: Scott Fitzgerald Gray
- Managing Editor: Jeremy Crawford
- Producer: Greg Bilsland
- Art Directors: Kate Irwin, Dan Gelon, Jon Schindehette, Mari Kolkowsky, Melissa Rapier, Shauna Narciso
- Graphic Designers: Bree Heiss, Emi Tanji, Barry Craig
- Cover Illustrator: Raymond Swanland
- Interior Illustrators: Tom Babbey, Daren Bader, John-Paul Balmet, Mark Behm, Eric Belisle, Michael Berube, Zoltan Boros, Christopher Bradley, Aleksi Briclot, Filip Burburan, Christopher Burdett, Sam Burley, Mike Burns, Wesley Burt, Milivoj ´Ceran, Jedd Chevrier, Conceptopolis, Adam Danger Cook, Julie Dillon, Dave Dorman, Jesper Ejsing, Emrah Elmasli, Wayne England, Mike Faille, Toma Feizo Gas, Emily Fiegenschuh, Tomas Giorello, E.M. Gist, Lars Grant-West, E.W. Hekaton, jD, Jon Hodgson, Ralph Horsley, Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon, Lake Hurwitz, Tyler Jacobson, Vance Kovacs, Daniel Landerman, Lindsey Look, Daniel Ljunggren, Raphael Lübke, Titus Lunter, Slawomir Maniak, Andrew Mar, Brynn Metheney, Christopher Moeller, Mark Molnar, Marco Nelor, Jim Nelson, Mark A. Nelson, Hector Ortiz, Ryan Pancoast, Adam Paquette, Jim Pavelec, Kate Pfeilschiefter, Steve Prescott, Vincent Proce, Darrell Riche, Ned Rogers, Scott Roller, Jasper Sandner, Mike Sass, Marc Sasso, Ilya Shkipin, Carmen Sinek, Craig J Spearing, Annie Stegg, Zack Stella, Matt Stewart, Raymond Swanland, Justin Sweet, Anne Stokes, Matias Tapia, Cory Trego-Erdner, Autumn Rain Turkel, Cyril Van Der Haegen, David Vargo, Franz Vohwinkel, Richard Whitters, Sam Wood, Ben Wootten, Kieran Yanner, Min Yum, Mark Zug
- Additional Contributors: Bruce R. Cordell, Kim Mohan, Chris Dupuis, Tom LaPille, Miranda Horner, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, Steve Winter, Chris Youngs, Ben Petrisor, Tom Olsen, R.A. Salvatore
- Project Management: Neil Shinkle, Kim Graham, John Hay
- Production Services: Cynda Callaway, Brian Dumas, Jefferson Dunlap, David Gershman, Matt Knannlein,
Anita Williams
- Brand and Marketing: Nathan Stewart, Liz Schuh, Chris Lindsay, Shelly Mazzanoble, Hilary Ross, Laura Tommervik, Kim Lundstrom, Trevor Kidd
- Based on the original game created by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, with Brian Blume, Rob Kuntz, James Ward, and Don Kaye
- Drawing from further development by J. Eric Holmes, Tom Moldvay, Frank Mentzer, Aaron Allston, Harold Johnson, David “Zeb” Cook, Ed Greenwood, Keith Baker, Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis, Douglas Niles, Jeff Grubb, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Richard Baker, Peter Adkison, Bill Slavicsek, Andy Collins, and Rob Heinsoo
- Additional feedback provided by Robert Alaniz, Anthony Caroselli, Josh Dillard, Curt Duval, Sam E. Simpson Jr., Adam Hennebeck, Sterling Hershey, Paul Hughes, Doug Irwin, Ken J. Breese, Yan Lacharité, Tom Lommel, Jonathan Longstaff, Rory Madden, Matt Maranda, Paul Melamed, Mike Mihalas, David Milman, Daren Mitchell, Claudio Pozas, John Proudfoot, Karl Resch, M. Sean Molley, Sam Sherry, Pieter Sleijpen, David “Oak” Stark, Vincent Venturella, Fredrick Wheeler, Arthur Wright
Appendix[]
Gallery[]
Promotional wallpaper
External Links[]
Monster Manual 5th edition article at the Eberron Wiki, a wiki for the Eberron campaign setting.
Monster Manual 5th edition article at the Ravenloft Wiki.
Connections[]
| 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 |