Monster Manual III is an accessory for the 3.5th-edition of Dungeons & Dragons® ruleset.
Lairing within these pages is an unstoppable wave of creatures ranging from ambush drake to zezir. A menagerie of beasts, behemoths and other ferocious beings, the monsters presented here are well prepared to battle or befriend the characters of any campaign.
This supplement for the D&D game offers a fully illustrated array of new creatures such as the boneclaw, eldritch giant, and web golem. Also included are advanced versions of some monsters as well as tactics sections to help DMs effectively run more complex creatures. Additionally, many entries contain information about where monsters are likely to appear in the Forgotten Realms and Eberron campaign settings.Contents[]
- Introduction
- Monsters A to Z
- Monster Feats
- Glossary
- Templates
- Animal Companions or Mounts
Description[]
Monster Manual III is the first of the monster specific books to be made for the 3.5th-edition ruleset. It cites sources from Dragon, Manual of the Planes, Planes of Law, and the first edition of Fiend Folio.
Index[]
Alchemical golem • Ambush drake • Ancient night twist • Arcane ooze • Armand • Astral stalker • Avalancher • Battlebriar • Bearhound • Boar topiary guardian • Boneclaw • Bonedrinker • Brood keeper • Brood keeper larva swarm • Cadaver collector • Changeling • Charnel hound • Chelicera • Chilling fog • Chraal • Chrysalis • Cinder swarm • Conflagration ooze • Death shrieker • Demon, arrow • Demon, sorrowsworn • Dinosaur, battletitan • Dinosaur, bloodstriker • Dinosaur, fleshraker • Dinosaur, swindlespitter • Dracotaur • Dragon eel • Dread blossom swarm • Dread harpoon spider • Drowned • Dust wight • Elder odopi • Elder redcap • Elemental, storm • Elite demon war mount • Ephemeral swarm • Feral yowler • Fiendish rage drake • Geriviar • Giant, death • Giant, eldritch • Giant, sand • Glaistig • Glitterfire • Gloom golem • Gnoll, flind • Goatfolk (Ibixian) • Goblin, Forestkith • Golem • Greater cadaver collector • Greater seryulin • Greater shadesteel golem • Greater siege crab • Greater ssvaklor • Grimweird • Grisgol • Gulgar • Hangman golem • Harpoon spider • Harssaf • Horrific vasuthant • Infernal conflagration ooze • Ironclad mauler • Justicator • Kenku • Knell beetle • Lesser bonedrinker • Lesser knell beetle • Lhosh • Lion topiary guardian • Living blasphemy • Living spell • Lizardfolk, Blackscale • Lizardfolk, Poison Dusk • Lumi • Lurking strangler • Mastodon • Mindshredder • Mindshredder Larva • Mindshredder warrior • Mindshredder zenthal • Mivilorn • Mud golem • Necronaut • Necrothane • Needletooth swarm • Night twist • Nycter • Odopi • Ogre, skullcrusher • Omnimental • Otyugh, lifeleech • Petal • Phoelarch • Phoera • Plague brush • Plague spewer • Prismatic golem • Protean scourge • Quaraphon • Rage drake • Ragewalker • Rakshasa, Ak'chazar • Rakshasa, Naztharune • Redcap • Rejkar • Roper, prismatic • Rot reaver • Rune hound • Salt mummy • Sea tiger • Seryulin • Shadesteel golem • Shifter • Shimmerling swarm • Shredstorm • Shrieking terror • Sickening sleep • Siege crab • Skindancer • Slaughterstone behemoth • Slaughterstone eviscerator • Snowflake ooze • Spellwarped creature • Spellwarped ettin • Splinterwaif • Ssvaklor • Stonesinger • Summoning ooze • Sussurus • Swamp strider swarm • Ten-headed terror • Thorn • Topiary guardian • Triceratops topiary guardian • Trilloch • Troll, cave • Troll, crystalline • Troll, forest • Troll, mountain • Troll, war • Vasuthant • Vermin lord • Visilight • Voidmind creature • Voidmind grimlock • Warbound impaler (lesser battlebriar • Warforged • Warforged charger • Warforged scout • Web golem • Witchknife • Wood woad • Woodling • Woodling druid • Woodling monitor lizard • Yugoloth, canoloth • Yugoloth, mezzoloth • Yugoloth, nycaloth • Yugoloth, ultroloth • Zezir
Gallery[]
Credits[]
- Designers: Rich Burlew, Eric Cagle, Jesse Decker, Andrew J. Finch, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, Rich Redman, Matthew Sernett, Chris Thomasson, P. Nathan Toomey
- Additional Design: Keith Baker, Andy Collins, Bruce R. Cordell, James Jacob, David Noonan, Christopher Perkins, Mike Selinker, Bill Slavicsek, James Wyatt
- Development Team: Andy Collins, Andrew J. Finch, Ed Stark
- Editors: Greg Collins, John D. Rateliff, Gary Sarli
- Proofreader: Christopher Lindsay
- Managing Editors: Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, Kim Mohan
- Design Manager: Christopher Perkins
- Development Manager: Andrew J. Finch
- Director of RPG R&D: Bill Slavicsek
- Art Director: Robert Raper
- Cover Art: Henry Higginbotham
- Interior Artists: Dave Allsop, David Bircham, Matt Cavotta, Wayne England, Emily Fiegenschuh, Rafa Garres, Ralph Horsley, Frazer Irving, Rom Lemen, Howard Lyon, Leslie Minnis, Dean Ormston, Lucio Parrillo, Steve Prescott, Vinod Rams, Adam Rex, Wayne Reynolds, Anne Stokes, Mark Tedin, Francis Tsai, Franz Vohwinkel, Anthony Waters, Jonathan Wayshak, Sam Wood, James Zhang
- Graphic Designer: Robert Raper
- Graphic Production Specialist: Erin Dorries
- Image Technicians: Candice Baker
- Production Manager: Josh Fischer
Appendix[]
External Links[]
Disclaimer: The views expressed in the following links do not necessarily represent the views of the editors of this wiki, nor does any lore presented necessarily adhere to established canon.
- Monster Manual III Art Gallery. Wizards of the Coast. (2004-09-03). Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2020-03-30.
- Skip Williams (2004-09-17). Troll Outpost (Zipped PDF). Web Enhancement for Monster Manual III. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2018-09-09.
- Monster Manual III Errata (Zipped PDF). Wizards of the Coast. (2006-07-12). Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2018-09-05.
- Excerpts: Monster Manual III (HTML). Excerpts Archive. Wizards of the Coast. (2004-09-05). Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2021-12-23.
- Dungeon Masters Guild product page
References[]
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast. Product Spotlight: Monster Manual III. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
Connections[]
Adventures
Anauroch: The Empire of Shade • City of the Spider Queen • Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave • Into the Dragon's Lair • Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor • Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land • Sons of Gruumsh • The Twilight Tomb