Monster Manual II 3rd edition

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Monster Manual II
Basic Information
Author(s)	Ed Bonny, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Skip Williams, and Steve Winter
Publisher	Wizards of the Coast
Type	Accessory
Binding	Hardcover
Released	September 2002
ISBN	07-8692-873-5
Link to citation	[cite this]
Series
Preceded by	Monster Manual
Followed by	Monster Manual v.3.5

Monster Manual II is an accessory for the 3^rd-edition of Dungeons & Dragons^®.

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Even Greater Threats Await!

As heroes grow in power, they seek out more formidable adversaries. Whether sinister or seductive, ferocious or foul, the creatures lurking within these pages will challenge the most experienced characters of any campaign.

This supplement for the D&D game unleashes a horde of monsters to confront characters at all levels of play, including several with Challenge Ratings of 21 or higher. Inside are old favorites such as the death knight and the gem dragon, as well as all-new creatures such as the bronze serpent, the effigy, and the fiendwurm. Along with updated and expanded monster creation rules, Monster Manual II provides an inexhaustible source of ways to keep even the toughest heroes fighting and running for their lives.

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Contents

• Introduction
• Alphabetical Listing of Monsters
• Appendix: Templates

Index

Click here for page index

Creatures

Aberrations

avolakia • catoblepas • darktentacles • fihyr • grell • hook horror • ixitxachitl • julajimus • meenlock • moonbeast • morkoth • neogi • psurlon • windghost • wyste

Animals

desmodu bats (guard • hunting • war) • dire animals (elephant • elk • hawk • horse • snake • toad) • grizzly mastodon • legendary animals (ape • bear • eagle • horse • shark • snake • tiger • wolf)

Beasts

dinosaurs (allosaurus • ankylosaurus • cryptoclidus • quetzalcoatlus • seismosaurus • spinosaurus) • forest sloth • megalodon • rampager • razor boar

Constructs

automaton (hammerer • pulveriser) • bogun • bronze serpent • chain golem • clockwork horror (adamantine • electrum • gold • platinum) • dread guard • golems (brass • dragonflesh • stained glass) • half-golem • juggernaut • nimblewright • raggamoffyn (common • guttersnipe • shrapnyl • tatterdemanimal) • rogue eidolon • runic guardian

Dragons

dragon, gem (amethyst • crystal • emerald • sapphire • topaz • ) • felldrake (crested • horned • spitting) • hellfire wyrm • linnorm (dread • gray • corpse tearer)

Elementals

air weird • breathdrinker • earth weird • fire bat • fire weird • galeb duhr • immoth • stone spike • tempest • water weird

Fey

jermlaine • ocean strider • sirine • spirit of the land

Giants

firbolg • fomorian • giants (forest • mountain • ocean • sun)

Humanoids

captured one

Magical Beasts

ash rat • asperi • blood ape • chaos roc • chimeric creature • cloaked ape • cloud ray • corollax • fiendwurm • frost salamander • gambol • gravorg • leviathan • mooncalf • moonrat • mudmaw • nethersight mastiff • nightmare beast • phase wasp • phoenix • shadow spider • spellgaunt • swamplight lynx

Monstrous Humanoids

abeil • boggle • braxat • Desmodu • Kopru • Loxo • Ormyrr • Scorpionfolk • Spell weaver • tauric creature • Thri-kreen • Yak folk

Oozes

bone ooze • flesh jelly • reason stealer • teratomorph

Outsiders

bladeling • demons (abyssal maw • abyssal ravager • abyssal skulker • jarilith • jovoc • kelvezu • palrethee • zovvut) • devils (advespa • amnizu • malebranche) • dune stalker • durzagon • ether scarab • ethereal slayer • glimmerskin • guardinals (cervidal • lupinal) • marrash • planetouched (chaond • zenythri) • yugoloths (arcanaloth • marraenoloth • yagnoloth • rukarazyll • sylph • vaporighu

Plant

greenvise • myconids • needlefolk • orcwort • red sundew • twig blight

Shapechanger

ethereal doppelganger • grimalkin

Undead

banshee • bone naga • corpse gatherer • crimson death • death knight • deathbringer • effigy • famine spirit • gravecaller • jahi • ragewind • spawn of Kyuss • spellstitched

Vermin

leechwalker • megapede

Magic

Spells

beget bogun

Credits

• Designers: Ed Bonny, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Skip Williams, Steve Winter
• Additional Design: David Eckelberry, James Jacobs
• Editors: Dale Donovan, Penny Williams
• Managing Editor: Kim Mohan
• Creative Director: Richard Baker
• RPG Category Manager: Anthony Valterra
• Vice President of RPG R&D: Bill Slavicsek
• Vice President of Publishing: Mary Kirchoff
• Project Manager: Martin Durham
• Production Manager: Chas DeLong
• Art Director: Dawn Murin
• Cover Artist: Henry Higginbotham
• Interior Artists: Glen Angus, Daren Bader, Thomas Baxa, Matt Cavotta, Dennis Cramer, David Day, Brian Despain, Tony Diterlizzi, Michael Dutton, Jeff Easley, Emily Fiegenschuh, Donato Giancola, Lars Grant-West, Rebecca Guay, Quinton Hoover, Jeremy Jarvis, Alton Lawson, Todd Lockwood, Raven Mimura, Matt Mitchell, Vinod Rams, Wayne Reynolds, David Roach, Scott Roller, Richard Sardinha, Marc Sasso, Brian Snoddy, Anthony Waters, Sam Wood
• Graphic Designers: Erin Dorries

Appendix

External Links

• Monster Manual II Art Gallery. Wizards of the Coast. (2002-08-16). Archived from the original on 2009-06-01. Retrieved on 2020-03-13.
• Excerpts: Monster Manual II (HTML). Excerpts Archive. Wizards of the Coast. (2002-02-08). Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2021-10-23.
• Skip Williams (2002-08-03). Six New Monstrous Characters (Zipped PDF). Web Enhancement for Monster Manual II. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2018-09-09.
• Skip Williams (2002-08-03). More Half-Golems! (Zipped PDF). Web Enhancement for Monster Manual II. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2018-09-09.
• Errata
• Dungeon Masters Guild product page