The Monstrous Manual is a 2nd-edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons accessory.
This book contains more than 600 monsters, including all the creatures from the Monstrous Compendium Volumes 1 and 2! In addition, there are monsters from the other Monstrous Compendium Volumes, and some creatures never seen in the second edition AD&D Game before.
Entries have been reorganized, corrected, updated, and fully cross-referenced, to make this the most valuable monster reference ever!Description[]
The Monstrous Manual is a comprehensive bestiary for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. It consolidates and refines a wide array of monsters and creatures previously dispersed across the initial loose-leaf Monstrous Compendium volumes and various appendices, offering Dungeon Masters and players a unified, hardbound reference.
The Monstrous Manual organizes its entries alphabetically, each providing a comprehensive overview of a creature, including its physical description, behavior, combat strategies, and special abilities. It also includes the ecological and societal roles of a creature. These entries are accompanied by illustrations.
Index[]
Creatures[]
Aarakocra • Aboleth • Aborigine/Caveman • Adult intellect devourer • Adventurer • Aerial servant • Air elemental • Amethyst dragon • Amphisbaena • Androsphinx • Animal skeleton • Ankheg • Ankylosaurus • Annis hag • Antelope • Ant, giant • Ant lion, giant • Ape, carnivorous • Aratha • Arcane • Archlich • Argos • Ascomoid • Aspis, cow • Aspis, drone • Aspis, larva • Assassin bug • Astereater • Atomie • Aurumvorax • Azmyth • Baboon, wild • Badger • Balor • Banderlog • Bandit/Brigand • Banshee • Barbarian/Nomad • Barracuda • Beaver • Bee, soldier • Bee, worker • Behir • Beholder • Beholder mage • Berserker/Dervish • Bhaergala • Bird maiden • Black abishai • Black bear • Black dragon • Black pudding • Black urchin • Blink dog • Blood hawk • Blue dragon • Blue slaad • Boalisk • Boar • Bombardier beetle • Bone golem • Boobrie • Bookworm • Boring beetle • Brain mole • Brass dragon • Bronze dragon • Brown bear • Brown dragon • Brownie • Brown mold • Brown pudding • Brush rat • Buffalo • Bugbear • Bulette • Bullywug • Bumblebee • Camel • Carp, giant • Carrion crawler • Caryatid column • Catfish, giant • Catoblepas • Cattle • Cave bear • Cave cricket • Cave fisher • Centaur • Chattur • Cheetah • Chimera • Chipmunk • Choke creeper • Clay golem • Cloaker • Cloud dragon • Cockatrice • Common bat • Common broken one • Common lion • Common mimic • Common whale • Common zombie • Condor • Constrictor (giant) • Constrictor (normal) • Cooshee • Copper dragon • Couatl • Crabman • Crawling claw • Criosphinx • Crocodile • Crow • Cryohydra • Crypt thing • Crystal dragon • Dakon • Dao • Death dog • Death kiss • Death knight • Death slaad • Debbi • Deep dragon • Deepspawn • Deinonychus • Demilich • Derro • Desert troll • Diplodocus • Director • Dire wolf • Displacer beast • Djinni • Dog, moon • Doll golem • Dolphin • Domestic cat • Doomsphere • Doppelganger • Dracolich • Dracolisk • Draft horse • Dragonet, faerie dragon • Dragonet, firedrake • Dragonet, pseudodragon • Dragonfish • Dragonfly, giant • Dragonfly, larva • Dragonne • Dragon turtle • Drider • Drow • Dryad • Duergar • Dun pudding • Eagle, giant • Eagle, wild • Ear seeker • Earth elemental • Eblis • Eel, giant • Eel, electric • Eel, marine • Eel, weed • Efreeti • Elasmosaurus • Elder orb • Elder serpent • Elephant (African) • Elf • Elf, aquatic • Elven cat • Emerald dragon • Emre • Ermine • Ettercap • Examiner • Eye of the deep • Eyewing • Falcon • Farmer/Herder • Femsale tako • Ferret • Feyr • Fire beetle • Fire elemental • Firefriend • Fire lizard • Fire mephit • Fire snake • Fire toad • Flesh golem • Flightless bird • Flind • Fly, bluebottle • Fly, horsefly • Forest gnome • Fox • Fremlin • Freshwater troll (scrag) • Fyrefly • Galeb duhr • Galltrit • Gargantuan spider • Gar, giant • Gargoyle • Gargoyle golem • Gas spore • Gauth • Gelatinous cube • Gentry • Ghast • Ghost • Ghoul • Giant bloodworm • Giant centipede • Giant, cloud • Giant crab • Giant crayfish • Giant crocodile • Giant, cyclops • Giant, desert • Giant, ettin • Giant, firbolg • Giant, fire • Giant, fog • Giant, fomorian • Giant frog • Giant, frost • Giant, hill • Giant, jungle • Giant leech • Giant lizard • Giant lynx • Giant, mountain • Giant poisonous snake • Giant, reef • Giant scorpion • Giant sea snake • Giant spider • Giant, stone • Giant, storm • Giant toad • Giant troll • Giant, verbeeg • Giant whale • Giant, wood (voadkyn) • Gibberling • Giff • Gith • Gith, pirate • Githyanki • Githzerai • Glass golem • Gloomwing moth • Glyptar • Gnoll • Gnome(Rock) • Gnome, spriggan • Goat • Goblin • Gold dragon • Gopher • Gorbel • Gorgimera • Gorgon • Gorilla • Grasshopper • Gray ooze • Gray slaad • Greater basilisk • Greater broken one • Greater hatori • Greater lammasu • Greater medusa • Greater pegasus • Greater seawolf • Greater shedu • Greater yugoloth • Great feyr • Great old master • Green abishai • Green dragon • Green hag • Green slaad • Green slime • Green urchin • Gremlin • Gremlin, jermlaine • Grey elf • Griffon • Grig • Grimlock • Grippli • Guardian naga • Gynosphinx • Hairfoot • Hairy spider • Half-elf • Half-ogre • Half-orc • Hanging tree • Harpy • Haunt • Hawk, large • Hedgehog • Hell hound • Heucuva • Heway • Hieracosphinx • Hill dwarf • Hippocampus • Hippogriff • Hive mother • Hobgoblin • Homunculus • Hook horror • Horax • Hornet, giant • Hsing-sing • Huge bat • Huge centipede • Huge scorpion • Huge spider • Humanoid gargantua • Hydra • Hyena • Ice mephit • Ice toad • Ice troll • Imp • Insectoid gargantua • Invisible stalker • Iron golem • Ixitxachitl • Jackal • Jackalwere • Jaculi (tree snakes) • Jaguar • Jann • Juggernaut • Ju-ju zombie • Jungle stirge • Kapoacinth • Kasharin • Kelpie • Kenku • Killer frog • Killer mimic • Killer whale • Killmoulis • Ki-rin • Kirre • Knight • Koalinth • Kobold • Korred • Kraken • Kuo-toa • Lacedon • Lambeosaurus • Lamia • Lamia noble • Lamprey • Lamprey, giant • Lamprey, land • Land urchin • Large bat • Large scorpion • Large spider • Larva intellect devourer • Lava mephit • Least yugoloth • Leech swarm • Lensman • Leopard • Leprechaun • Lernaean • Lesser basilisk • Lesser hatori • Lesser lammasu • Lesser seawolf • Lesser shedu • Lesser yugoloth • Leucrotta • Leviathan • Lich • Light horse • Living wall • Lizard king • Lizard man • Locathah • Locust • Losel • Lurker • Lycanthrope, werebat • Lycanthrope, werebear • Lycanthrope, wereboar • Lycanthrope, werefox (foxwoman) • Lycanthrope, wererat • Lycanthrope, wereraven • Lycanthrope, weretiger • Lycanthrope, werewolf • Maedar • Malenti • Male tako • Mammoth • Manscorpion • Manta ray • Manticore • Mantrap • Margoyle • Marid • Marilith • Mastodon • Medium horse • Medusa • Megalo-centipede • Mercenary • Merchant/Trader • Merchant sailor/Fisherman • Mercury dragon • Merman • Merrow • Middle class • Mind flayer (ilithid) • Mink • Minotaur • Minotaur lizard • Mist, crimson death • Mist dragon • Mist mephit • Mist, vampiric • Mite • Mold man (vegepygmy) • Mole • Mongrelman • Monkey • Monkey spider • Monster skeleton • Monster zombie • Morkoth • Mountain dwarf • Mountain lion • Mouse • Muckdweller • Mudman • Mule • Mummy • Mummy, greater • Muskrat • Mustard jelly • Myconid (fungus man) • Naga, dark • Narwhal • Necrophidius • Neogi • Neo-otyugh • Nereid • Night hunter • Nightmare • Nixie • Nymph • Obliviax • Ochre jelly • Octopus, giant • Ogre • Ogre mage • Ogrillon • Oliphant • Olive slime • Olive slime creature • Ooze/slime/jelly, slithering tracker • Opossum • Orbus • Orc • Orog • Osquip • Otter • Otter, giant • Otter, sea • Otyugh • Overseer • Owl • Owlbear • Owl, giant • Owl, talking • Patriarch grell • Peasant/Serf • Pech • Pegasus • Pernicon • Peryton • Phantom • Phase spider • Philosopher grell • Phoenix • Phycomid • Piercer • Pig (domestic) • Pig (wild) • Pike, giant • Pilgrim • Piranha • Piranha, giant • Pirate/Buccaneer • Pit fiend • Pixie • Poisonous frog • Poisonous snake • Poisonous toad • Polar bear • Police/Constabulary • Poltergeist • Pony • Porcupine, black • Porcupine, brown • Praying mantis, gargantuan • Priest • Pteranodon • Pungi ray • Purple worm • Pyrohydra • Pyrolisk • Quaggoth • Quasit • Quickwood • Quipper • Rabbit • Raccoon • Rakshasa • Rakshasa, greater • Rat(giant) • Raven • Raven, giant • Raven, huge • Red abishai • Red dragon • Red slaad • Red urchin • Remorhaz • Reptilian gargantua • Retch plant • Revenant • Rhinoceros beetle • Riding horse • Roc • Roper • Rot grub • Rothé • Russet mold • Rust monster • Sahuagin • Sailor • Salamander • Saltwater troll (marine scrag) • Sandling • Sapphire dragon • Satyr • Scarecrow • Sea hag • Sea horse, giant • Sea lion • Sea sprite • Sea zombie • Selkie • Selkie, leader • Shadow • Shadow dragon • Shambling mound • Shark • Shark, giant • Sheep • Shrieker • Silver dragon • Silver urchin • Sinister • Sirine • Skeleton • Skeleton, giant • Skeleton, warrior • Skriaxit • Skunk • Skyfisher • Slaver • Sleek • Slug, giant • Smilodon • Smoke mephit • Snake, winged • Snapper-saw • Snyad • Soldier • Spectator • Spectral troll (troll wraith) • Spectre • Spirit naga • Spitting snake • Spotted lion • Sprite • Squid, giant • Squirrel • Squirrel (flying) • Squirrel (giant black) • Stag beetle • Stag, wild • Steam mephit • Steel dragon • Stegosaurus • Stench kow • Sting ray • Stirge • Stone golem • Stone guardian • Stout • Strangle weed • Stunjelly • Subterranean lizard • Su-monster • Sundew, giant • Svirfneblin • Swan • Swanmay • Sword spider • Sylph • Tabaxi • Tabaxi lord • Taer • Tallfellow • Tarrasque • Tasloi • Tenebrous worm • Tempest • Termite, giant harvester • Thief/Thug • Thornslinger • Thorny • Thought eater • Thri-kreen • Throat leech • Tick, giant • Tinker gnome • Titan • Topaz dragon • Tradesman/Craftsman • Trapper • Trapper, forest • Treant • Tribesman • Triceratops • Tri-flower frond • Triton • Troglodyte • Tunnel worm • Giant two-headed troll • Tyrannosaurus • Tyrg • Umber hulk • Undead beholder • Unicorn • Urd • Vampire • Velvet ant • Violet fungus • Vodyanoi • Vulture • Vulture, giant • War dog • Warthog • Wasp, giant • Watcher • Water beetle • Water elemental • Water naga • Water weird • Weasel • Wemic • White dragon • White pudding • Wight • Wild cat • Wild dog • Wild horse • Wild tiger • Will-o'-wisp • Winter wolf • Wizard • Wolverine • Woodchuck • Wolf • Wolfwere • Wood elf • Worg • Worker grell • Wraith • Wyvern • Xaren • Xorn • Yellow dragon • Yellow mold • Yellow musk creeper • Yellow musk zombie • Yellow urchin • Yeti • Yuan-ti abomination • Yuan-ti halfbreed • Yuan-ti, histachii • Yuan-ti pureblood • Zaratan • Zombie lord
Magic[]
Gallery[]
Credits[]
- Project Coordinator: Tim Beach
- Editor: Doug Stewart
- Editorial Assistant: Gaye OKeefe
- Cover Illustration: Jeff Easley
- Interior Illustrations: Tony DiTerlizzi (pencils, inks and colors on insects, crustaceans, faeri-folk and miscellaneous creepy things, Jeff Butler (pencils andinks on humans, demihumans, humanoids,giants, genies, dragonets, and miscellaneous part-human creatures), Dave Simons (pencils, inks, and colors on normal animals, almost normal animals, and squishy things), Tom Baxa (pencils, inks, and colors on gith-kind and miscellaneous), Mark Nelson (pencils and inks on dragons, dinosaurs, and miscellaneous), Les Dorscheid (color on most of the book), Tim Beach and Doug Stewart (invisible stalker)
- Art Coordination: Peggy Cooper with Tim Beach
- Typesetting: Gaye O'Keefe
- Keylining: Paul Hanchette
- Proofreading: Karen Boomgarden, Anne Brown, Andria Hayday, Thomas Reid, David Wise
- Guidance: Steve Winter, Tim Brown, James M. Ward
- Monster Selection Committee: Jeff Grubb, David Wise, John Rateliff, Tim Beach
- Development: Tim Beach, Doug Stewart, Slade Henson, Thomas Reid, Jeff Grub, Wolfgang Baur, John Pickens, John Ratecliff
- Design Concept for Monstrous Compendium Appendices: Dave "Zeb" Cook, Steve Winter, Jon Pickens
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Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 These artists did not actually contribute to the art in this sourcebook, apart from the "image" of the invisible stalker.
External Links[]
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Connections[]
| Core Sourcebooks |
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| 5th edition |
| Player's Handbook • Dungeon Master's Guide • Monster Manual |
| 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 |