Have fun and happy menagerie-ing.įirst of all, no good comes from scattering monster stats between the player and dm books they should absolutely 100% be dm material. *Threadmaker's note: If you want to think in terms of a "5e set", fine, but edition is not really the point here.
Again, variants of types (different dragons, for example) could all be included as a single entry. and, let's start with 20 "monsters"/magical/not-real-world creatures. "Cat" could include domestic, puma, tiger, etc. So, let's say, 20 "normal" animals (varieties may be included as a single entry. That's what we called 'em in yon days of yore, before anyone ever heard of a "Dire" anything.I think "Dire Wolves" came about first, but I can't remember where they appeared.well, ANYwho.) I also recall, from the Basic (Red) book in particular, that a great deal of "Monster" entires were normal animals (and/or their "giant" types. Makes sense the PCs would know about these kinds of creatures and the "magical"/otherworldly type things be the purview of the DM. Mark made the suggestion that players might have access to animals/mundane creatures which makes sense to me, as these would be creatures the PCs would/could have had regular contact with, domesticated animals, common predators (like wolves), etc. I recall, in the Basic and Expert sets, the monster section was about half of the DM's book. In a very basic starting set for a fantasy RPG game a la D&D, what "monsters" (this includes mundane animals) would you think worthy to make the cut for providing a solid and varied introduction to the creatures of the game/genre.Īlso, who would you give access of their stats to, the players via entries in the Players manual or the DM via a monster's section in the DM's manual?
What monsters are essential to get a rounded feel/flavor for a fantasy gaming world? Assume you have never played the game before. Let's make a Manual of Monsters Starter Kit. Inspired by comments by both Lanefan and MarkCMG and wandering musing, as I am want to do, by yours truly. This is something of a fork from the 5e Toolkit thread.
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