Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Every core monster ever in D&D
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="JEB" data-source="post: 9284246" data-attributes="member: 10148"><p>On beyond AD&D, and into the d20 era. Source breakdowns for the 3.0 Monster Manual... </p><p> </p><p>380 core monsters in the list.</p><p></p><p>257/380 from the 2e Monstrous Manual, of which:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">228 were from MC Vol. 1 and 2</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">29 were from other unidentified sources (mostly if not entirely 2e)</li> </ul><p>3/380 from the MC Annual [azer, gibbering mouther, skum]</p><p>2/380 from MC Annual 2 [half-dragon, rhinoceros]</p><p>5/380 from MC Annual 3 [aranea, chain devil, formian, lillend, shadow mastiff]</p><p>1/380 from the Greyhawk MC Appendix [grugach (elf)]</p><p>5/380 from the Mystara MC Appendix [athach, choker, nightcrawler, nightwalker, nightwing]</p><p>28/380 from the Planescape MC Appendix [demons, devils, and a few others]</p><p>4/380 from Planescape MC Appendix II [aasimar, ghaele eladrin, avoral (guardinal), retriever]</p><p>8/380 from Planescape MC Appendix III [belker, devourer, rast, ravid, flamebrother and noble salamander, thoqqua, xill]</p><p>2/380 from the 2e Planescape Campaign Setting [barghest, magmin]</p><p>2/380 from Planes of Chaos [chaos beast, howler]</p><p>5/380 from Planes of Law [achaierai, hound archon, lantern archon, trumpet archon, hellcat]</p><p></p><p>Several of the above had appeared in other 2e sources as well; for example, many of the Planescape monsters had also been in the Outer Planes MC Appendix. Still, the Planescape setting was clearly a big influence on their choices for 3.0 core monsters. Also of note: the Mystara monsters were likely there to represent Basic D&D more than 2e.</p><p></p><p>2/380 had last appeared in the Basic D&D Rules Cyclopedia [panther, warhorse]</p><p>1/380 had last appeared in the Basic D&D Creature Catalog [octopus]</p><p></p><p>Doubtful that those three were meant as Basic D&D nods, though.</p><p></p><p>54/380 newly core monsters</p><p></p><p>With the previous monster book being so large, there were understandably a lot of cuts. (445, to be precise.) These included:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Human NPCs. (I guess you were expected to use NPC classes to represent them in 3e.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Many beholder-kin, dragons, giants, golems, oozes, plants, and trolls. Also some lycanthropes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Many normal and giant animals, including some dinosaurs. With some exceptions, giant animals generally appeared to be replaced by "dire" animals in 3e.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Many campaign-setting specific monsters.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Many "greater" or similar stronger variants of existing monsters.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Most psionic monsters (again).</li> </ul><p>Excepting generic human NPCs and most giant animals, many of these monsters did make comebacks in later 3e books (though some waited until 3.5).</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Count had accidentally forgotten the deep halfling, so it's 380 instead of 379.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JEB, post: 9284246, member: 10148"] On beyond AD&D, and into the d20 era. Source breakdowns for the 3.0 Monster Manual... 380 core monsters in the list. 257/380 from the 2e Monstrous Manual, of which: [LIST] [*]228 were from MC Vol. 1 and 2 [*]29 were from other unidentified sources (mostly if not entirely 2e) [/LIST] 3/380 from the MC Annual [azer, gibbering mouther, skum] 2/380 from MC Annual 2 [half-dragon, rhinoceros] 5/380 from MC Annual 3 [aranea, chain devil, formian, lillend, shadow mastiff] 1/380 from the Greyhawk MC Appendix [grugach (elf)] 5/380 from the Mystara MC Appendix [athach, choker, nightcrawler, nightwalker, nightwing] 28/380 from the Planescape MC Appendix [demons, devils, and a few others] 4/380 from Planescape MC Appendix II [aasimar, ghaele eladrin, avoral (guardinal), retriever] 8/380 from Planescape MC Appendix III [belker, devourer, rast, ravid, flamebrother and noble salamander, thoqqua, xill] 2/380 from the 2e Planescape Campaign Setting [barghest, magmin] 2/380 from Planes of Chaos [chaos beast, howler] 5/380 from Planes of Law [achaierai, hound archon, lantern archon, trumpet archon, hellcat] Several of the above had appeared in other 2e sources as well; for example, many of the Planescape monsters had also been in the Outer Planes MC Appendix. Still, the Planescape setting was clearly a big influence on their choices for 3.0 core monsters. Also of note: the Mystara monsters were likely there to represent Basic D&D more than 2e. 2/380 had last appeared in the Basic D&D Rules Cyclopedia [panther, warhorse] 1/380 had last appeared in the Basic D&D Creature Catalog [octopus] Doubtful that those three were meant as Basic D&D nods, though. 54/380 newly core monsters With the previous monster book being so large, there were understandably a lot of cuts. (445, to be precise.) These included: [LIST] [*]Human NPCs. (I guess you were expected to use NPC classes to represent them in 3e.) [*]Many beholder-kin, dragons, giants, golems, oozes, plants, and trolls. Also some lycanthropes. [*]Many normal and giant animals, including some dinosaurs. With some exceptions, giant animals generally appeared to be replaced by "dire" animals in 3e. [*]Many campaign-setting specific monsters. [*]Many "greater" or similar stronger variants of existing monsters. [*]Most psionic monsters (again). [/LIST] Excepting generic human NPCs and most giant animals, many of these monsters did make comebacks in later 3e books (though some waited until 3.5). EDIT: Count had accidentally forgotten the deep halfling, so it's 380 instead of 379. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Every core monster ever in D&D
Top