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Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual: Roleplaying Game Core Rules, 4th Edition
by: Wizards RPG Team

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
Brand: Dungeons & Dragons
Dewey Decimal Number: 793
EAN: 9780786948529
ISBN: 0786948523
Label: Wizards of the Coast
Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: June 06, 2008
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Release Date: June 06, 2008
Studio: Wizards of the Coast
Sales Rank: 11565

Features:

Core Rulebook: The Monster Manual is the third of three core rulebooks required to play the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game.
Quick and easy play: The improved page layout and presentation enables novice and established players to learn and understand the new D&D rules quickly.
D&D Insider: The Monster Manual will receive enhanced online support at www.dndinsider.com.

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Try again WOC rolled a 1 on this one
I have been playing Dungeons and Dragons since the first boxed set and I have looked forward to each new version and this is no exception. Each new version has tried to improve on the core Dungeon and Dragon experience until now. This new version is not really a new version but an entirely new game with very little of the flavor or magic feeling of the original. Now it feels more like a version of WOW or another of the online games. I am not knocking the online games they can be great if that is what you want to play but if you are looking for an intense good old fashioned role playing session with a group of your friends this new version is not for you unless you are under 12. If you are an experienced role player I would suggest that you save your money and stick to 3.5 there should be a ... Read More

Rating:

- The best of the 4e core books, but still leaves me feeling a bit sour
This is the best of the 4e core books for me, but still left me feeling a bit sour.

First the good. In the tradition of the 1st edition AD&D Monster Manual, this book dispenses with lengthy descriptions of monsters and instead focuses on stats. Only in rare circumstances do we get lengthy prose regarding a monster's motivations outside of being fodder for the adventurers to beat up on. Filling in the details is left to the DM. The new stat blocks are straightforward and much easier to use than their 3.5 counterparts. Special abilities are in the stat block rather than hidden amongst the monster's descriptive text. That's a welcome change indeed. Also, one of my favorite things from the last two 3.5 MM's is carried over: knowledge checks to see what our heroes might know about ... Read More

Rating:

- Like the new monster design, but...
the book is by far the weakest of the three core books.

The good:
The new mechanics focus on the "screen time" devoted to each monster and keeps things simpler. Most entries provide knowledge check info with DCs and useful info. Book is colorful and includes lots of creatures and variations

The bad:
Other than the DC check knowledge, background info on the creatures is really sparse. In some cases variations in a entry don't even have a phsyical description of how they are different. Templates would be better served in here than in the DMG (though that's a minor quibble).

Overall, still well worth the money if you are going to run a game.

Rating:

- 3.5 is better
The book was all nice, neat, and all that jazz, but 4th ed itself, it just seems to be lacking, I suggest WAIT TILL 4.5. 4.0 feels more like a public test release; Save your money, just wait a little longer. Wizards of the Coast have already released updates for the 3 core books, and some others. The book has pretty much all the same Monster, some new baddies.
There's no Monster descriptions, everything is way too much combat orientated, read more like a Video Game Monster Manual, just stats. The art work was ok, nothing wowing.

3 stars cause

Goods
New ideas
New races
New Powers
New Classes
Simplified

Bads
Little to no customization for PCs, no where near 3.5.
Over Simplified everything
Confusing ... Read More

Rating:

- D&D MONSTER
Fourth edition is very exciting. I have been playing D&D for over 20 years, and this is the first time I have looked at an edition past 2nd.

Books : Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual: Roleplaying Game Core Rules, 4th Edition