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

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Binding: Hardcover
Brand: Dungeons & Dragons
Dewey Decimal Number: 793
EAN: 9780786948529
Edition: 4th
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

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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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - 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 ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - 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 ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - 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. ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - 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.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Best book of the new edition
Ugh, I'm so tired of this 3.5 vs 4ed debate. And it really bums me out that people's whining has given THIS BOOK, out of all three, has the lowest score.

This is easily the coolest and most inspiring out of all three core books. Every monster has a really clear level of challenge and cool abilities and powers. It really sets them apart, more than the old "here's some hit points and an attack pattern." Sure, the entries could use some more flavor text, but they more than make up for it with ... Read More






 






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