WotC's Todd Kenreck talks to game designers Ron Lundeen and Makenzie De Armas about the monsters in the upcoming Vecna: Eve of Ruin.
- Each of the chapters has its own theme and monsters that fit that theme.
- There are about 40 monsters in the adventure.
- Some are brand new, others are updated from earlier editions.
- Demon Lord named Miska the Wolf Spider who is a champion of chaos with wolf-like spider.
- Shape-changing mind-affecting powerful leaders.
- Some of the monsters from earlier editions are inspired thematically from monster types.
- Relentless stalker horror movie monsters that you can't get away from.
- Some are really inventive and disturbing.
- Spider dragons are an example of two types of creatures mushed together to be extra horrifying.
- Granite juggernaught is an upgrade to Tomb of Annihilation's stone juggernaut.
- Stat blocks for classic and characters including Alustriel Silverhand, Tasha.
- New version of Strahd tied to the Death House.
- New Tasha stat block is a younger version of Tasha from Wild Beyond The Witchlight with prototype versions of spells from Cauldron of Everything.