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Monster Manual 5th edition is a core sourcebook for the 5th edition of Dungeons & Dragons, published by Wizards of the Coast on September 30, 2014. It covers a range of monsters for the game.

The A to Z Fantasy Bestiary'

The Monster Manual presents a horde of classic Dungeons & Dragons creatures, including dragons, giants, mind flayers, and beholders—a monstrous feast for Dungeon Masters ready to challenge their players and populate their adventures.

The monsters contained herein are culled from the D&D game's illustrious history, with easy-to-use game statistics and thrilling stories to feed your imagination.
— Back-cover text

Index[]

Creatures[]

Aberrations
aboleth • beholder • chuul • cloaker • flumph • gibbering mouther • grell • intellect devourer • mind flayer • nothic • otyugh • slaad (blue • death • grey • green • red • tadpole) • spectator
Beasts
allosaurus • ankylosaurus • ape • axe beak • baboon • badger • bat • black bear • blood hawk • boar • brown bear • camel • cat • cave bear • constrictor snake • crab • crocodile • deer • dire wolf • draft horse • eagle • elephant • elk • flying snake • frog • giant ape • giant badger • giant bat • giant boar • giant centipede • giant constrictor snake • giant crab • giant crocodile • giant eagle • giant elk • giant fire beetle • giant frog • giant goat • giant hyena • giant lizard • giant octopus • giant owl • giant poisonous snake • giant rat • giant scorpion • giant sea horse • giant shark • giant spider • giant toad • giant vulture • giant wasp • giant weasel • giant wolf spider • goat • hawk • hunter shark • hyena • jackal • killer whale • lion • lizard • mammoth • mastiff • mule • octopus • owl • panther • plesiosaurus • poisonous snake • polar bear • pony • pteranodon • quipper • rat • raven • reef shark • rhinoceros • riding horse • saber-toothed tiger • scorpion • sea horse • spider • stirge • tiger • triceratops • tyrannosaurus rex • vulture • warhorse • weasel • wolf
Celestials
couatl • deva • empyrean • pegasus • planetar • solar • unicorn
Constructs
Dragons
Elementals
Fey
blink dog • dryad • green hag • pixie • satyr • sea hag • sprite
Fiends
arcanaloth • balor • barbed devil • barlgura • bearded devil • bone devil • cambion • chain devil • chasme • dretch • erinyes • glabrezu • gnoll fang of Yeenoghu • goristro • hell hound • hezrou • horned devil • ice devil • imp • incubus • lemure • mane • marilith • mezzoloth • nalfeshnee • night hag • nightmare • nycaloth • pit fiend • quasit • rakshasa • shadow demon • spined devil • succubus • ultroloth • vrock • yochlol
Giants
Humanoids
aarakocra • bugbear • bullywug • deep gnome • drow • duergar • githyanki • githzerai • gnoll • goblin • grimlock • hobgoblin • jackalwere • kenku • kobold • kuo-toa • lizard king • lizardfolk • merfolk • orc • orog • quaggoth • sahuagin • thri-kreen • troglodyte • werebear • wereboar • wererat • weretiger • werewolf • winged kobold • yuan-ti pureblood
Monstrosities
abominable yeti • androsphinx • ankheg • basilisk • behir • bulette • carrion crawler • centaur • chimera • cockatrice • darkmantle • death dog • displacer beast • doppelganger • drider • ettercap • gorgon • grick • griffon • guardian naga • gynosphinx • harpy • hippogriff • hook horror • hydra • kraken • lamia • manticore • medusa • merrow • mimic • minotaur • owlbear • peryton • phase spider • piercer • purple worm • remorhaz • roc • roper • rust monster • spirit naga • tarrasque • umber hulk • winter wolf • worg • yeti • yuan-ti abomination • yuan-ti malison
Oozes
Plants
awakened shrub • awakened tree • gas spore • myconid • needle blight • shambling mound • shrieker • treant • twig blight • vine blight • violet fungus
Undead
banshee • beholder zombie • bone naga • crawling claw • death knight • death tyrant • demilich • flameskull • ghast • ghost • ghoul • lich • mummy • mummy lord • poltergeist • revenant • shadow • skeleton • specter • vampire • vampire spawn • wight • will-o'-wisp • wraith • zombie

Credits[]

  • D&D Lead Designers: Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford
  • Monster Manual Lead: Christopher Perkins
  • Stat Block Development: Chris Sims, Rodney Thompson, Peter Lee
  • Story Development: Robert J. Schwalb, Matt Sernett, Steve Townshend, James Wyatt
  • Editing: Scott Fitzgerald Gray
  • Managing Editor: Jeremy Crawford
  • Producer: Greg Bilsland
  • Art Directors: Kate Irwin, Dan Gelon, Jon Schindehette, Mari Kolkowsky, Melissa Rapier, Shauna Narciso
  • Graphic Designers: Bree Heiss, Emi Tanji, Barry Craig
  • Cover Illustrator: Raymond Swanland
  • Interior Illustrators: Tom Babbey, Daren Bader, John-Paul Balmet, Mark Behm, Eric Belisle, Michael Berube, Zoltan Boros, Christopher Bradley, Aleksi Briclot, Filip Burburan, Christopher Burdett, Sam Burley, Mike Burns, Wesley Burt, Milivoj ´Ceran, Jedd Chevrier, Conceptopolis, Adam Danger Cook, Julie Dillon, Dave Dorman, Jesper Ejsing, Emrah Elmasli, Wayne England, Mike Faille, Toma Feizo Gas, Emily Fiegenschuh, Tomas Giorello, E.M. Gist, Lars Grant-West, E.W. Hekaton, jD, Jon Hodgson, Ralph Horsley, Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon, Lake Hurwitz, Tyler Jacobson, Vance Kovacs, Daniel Landerman, Lindsey Look, Daniel Ljunggren, Raphael Lübke, Titus Lunter, Slawomir Maniak, Andrew Mar, Brynn Metheney, Christopher Moeller, Mark Molnar, Marco Nelor, Jim Nelson, Mark A. Nelson, Hector Ortiz, Ryan Pancoast, Adam Paquette, Jim Pavelec, Kate Pfeilschiefter, Steve Prescott, Vincent Proce, Darrell Riche, Ned Rogers, Scott Roller, Jasper Sandner, Mike Sass, Marc Sasso, Ilya Shkipin, Carmen Sinek, Craig J Spearing, Annie Stegg, Zack Stella, Matt Stewart, Raymond Swanland, Justin Sweet, Anne Stokes, Matias Tapia, Cory Trego-Erdner, Autumn Rain Turkel, Cyril Van Der Haegen, David Vargo, Franz Vohwinkel, Richard Whitters, Sam Wood, Ben Wootten, Kieran Yanner, Min Yum, Mark Zug
  • Additional Contributors: Bruce R. Cordell, Kim Mohan, Chris Dupuis, Tom LaPille, Miranda Horner, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, Steve Winter, Chris Youngs, Ben Petrisor, Tom Olsen, R.A. Salvatore
  • Project Management: Neil Shinkle, Kim Graham, John Hay
  • Production Services: Cynda Callaway, Brian Dumas, Jefferson Dunlap, David Gershman, Matt Knannlein,

Anita Williams

  • Brand and Marketing: Nathan Stewart, Liz Schuh, Chris Lindsay, Shelly Mazzanoble, Hilary Ross, Laura Tommervik, Kim Lundstrom, Trevor Kidd
  • Based on the original game created by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, with Brian Blume, Rob Kuntz, James Ward, and Don Kaye
  • Drawing from further development by J. Eric Holmes, Tom Moldvay, Frank Mentzer, Aaron Allston, Harold Johnson, David “Zeb” Cook, Ed Greenwood, Keith Baker, Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis, Douglas Niles, Jeff Grubb, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Richard Baker, Peter Adkison, Bill Slavicsek, Andy Collins, and Rob Heinsoo
  • Additional feedback provided by Robert Alaniz, Anthony Caroselli, Josh Dillard, Curt Duval, Sam E. Simpson Jr., Adam Hennebeck, Sterling Hershey, Paul Hughes, Doug Irwin, Ken J. Breese, Yan Lacharité, Tom Lommel, Jonathan Longstaff, Rory Madden, Matt Maranda, Paul Melamed, Mike Mihalas, David Milman, Daren Mitchell, Claudio Pozas, John Proudfoot, Karl Resch, M. Sean Molley, Sam Sherry, Pieter Sleijpen, David “Oak” Stark, Vincent Venturella, Fredrick Wheeler, Arthur Wright

Appendix[]

Gallery[]

External Links[]

Eberron logo Monster Manual 5th edition article at the Eberron Wiki, a wiki for the Eberron campaign setting.
Bat-5e Monster Manual 5th edition article at the Ravenloft Wiki.

Connections[]


Core Sourcebooks
5th edition
Player's HandbookDungeon Master's GuideMonster Manual
4th edition
Player's HandbookDungeon Master's GuideMonster Manual
v.3.5
Player's HandbookDungeon Master's GuideMonster Manual
3rd edition
Player's HandbookDungeon Master's GuideMonster Manual
2nd edition
Player's HandbookPlayer's Handbook (revised)Dungeon Master's GuideDungeon Master Guide (revised)Monstrous Manual
1st edition
Player's HandbookDungeon Masters GuideMonster Manual
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