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Volo's Guide to Monsters is a sourcebook for the 5th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, published in 2016. It is, in part, a supplement to the 5th edition Monster Manual and the Players Handbook. [1] [2]
The book also contains about 70 pages filled with stat blocks for the monsters and NPCs that occupy Ravnica". [6] The book expands on game elements for the 5th edition, such as: Five new races — centaurs, minotaurs, loxodon, Vedalken, and Simic hybrids [6] Two subclass options — the Order Domain Cleric and the Circle of Spores Druid [6]
During the Extra Life 2017 fundraiser in November 2017, free excerpts from Xanathar's Guide to Everything were released as PDFs when different reward tiers were hit. [4] The book was released on November 21, 2017. An exclusive edition with an alternate art cover by Hydro74 was pre-released to select game shops early in November 2017. [2] [6]
The book was originally published as part of the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Expansion Gift Set on January 25, 2022. It was scheduled to have a standalone release on May 17, 2022; [5] [6] however, it released a day earlier on May 16. [1] Monsters of the Multiverse revises previously published aspects of 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons (D&D).
Locations and characters described in the book can be used as foundations on which proper Dalelands scenarios can be built. [14] This is the fifth installment of Volo's guides to the Forgotten Realms. [14] Trenton Webb reviewed Volo's Guide to the Dalelands for Arcane magazine, rating it a 6 out of 10 overall. [14]
The book expands on game elements for the 5th edition, such as: The Artificer class (with three subclasses) - which is the first new character class to be released since the 5th edition was published. [5] [6] 16 race/subrace options for players including Dragonmarked, Warforged, Changeling, Kalashtar, Shifter, goblin, bugbear, hobgoblin, and ...
Hoffer wrote that the book "takes an important step in specifying that no race of intelligent creatures in inherently evil, nor are they inherently less smart than other races. While many still see the idea of 'race' in Dungeons & Dragons as problematic, Explorer's Guide to Wildemount at least removes one of the most problematic aspects of that ...
The Dungeon Master's Guide (DMG [1] or DM's Guide; in some printings, the Dungeon Masters Guide or Dungeon Master Guide) is a book of rules for the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. The Dungeon Master's Guide contains rules concerning the arbitration and administration of a game, and is intended for use by the game's Dungeon Master .