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<blockquote data-quote="JEB" data-source="post: 9282724" data-attributes="member: 10148"><p>Nearly finished with 2e! Source breakdowns for the 2e Monstrous Manual...</p><p></p><p>702 core monsters in the list.</p><p></p><p>461/702 from the Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1 and 2.</p><p></p><p>241/702 newly core monsters. With a handful of exceptions, all of these had been published in the various looseleaf 2e MC appendices. Unfortunately, I don't have a specific breakdown of these sources handy. (If someone does, would be cool to see!) IIRC the most significant sources included what I call the "semi-core" appendices: both Forgotten Realms appendices, the Greyhawk appendix, the Outer Planes appendix, and the Fiend Folio appendix. But I believe each of the looseleaf appendices contributed at least one monster, excepting the second Ravenloft appendix (since it was all unique creatures).</p><p></p><p>One surprising discovery when I put this data together: they actually cut some monsters that had been in MC Vol. 1 and 2! Nothing major, though, just eight creatures: ant swarm, giant badger, giant boar, giant hyena, giant porcupine, giant skunk, giant weasel, and giant wolverine.</p><p></p><p>The generic "giant mammal" rules in the Monstrous Manual were presumably intended to cover all the missing giant animals... but they actually returned as unique creatures in MC Annual 2. So they were only gone for a few years. Ant swarms, on the other hand, remain missing...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JEB, post: 9282724, member: 10148"] Nearly finished with 2e! Source breakdowns for the 2e Monstrous Manual... 702 core monsters in the list. 461/702 from the Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1 and 2. 241/702 newly core monsters. With a handful of exceptions, all of these had been published in the various looseleaf 2e MC appendices. Unfortunately, I don't have a specific breakdown of these sources handy. (If someone does, would be cool to see!) IIRC the most significant sources included what I call the "semi-core" appendices: both Forgotten Realms appendices, the Greyhawk appendix, the Outer Planes appendix, and the Fiend Folio appendix. But I believe each of the looseleaf appendices contributed at least one monster, excepting the second Ravenloft appendix (since it was all unique creatures). One surprising discovery when I put this data together: they actually cut some monsters that had been in MC Vol. 1 and 2! Nothing major, though, just eight creatures: ant swarm, giant badger, giant boar, giant hyena, giant porcupine, giant skunk, giant weasel, and giant wolverine. The generic "giant mammal" rules in the Monstrous Manual were presumably intended to cover all the missing giant animals... but they actually returned as unique creatures in MC Annual 2. So they were only gone for a few years. Ant swarms, on the other hand, remain missing... [/QUOTE]
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