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The book closes with a bibliography and an appendix. The latter includes various sample template-modified creatures, an extensive list of hit location tables, area of effect maps for various powers, and a creature summary table. At the end is an index. Altogether the book includes complete statistics for the following creatures:
Richard Jansen-Parkes, for the UK print magazine Tabletop Gaming, wrote that Explorer's Guide to Wildemount "doesn’t concern itself with trying to shake-up the classic D&D formula too much" which he viewed as a great strength of the sourcebook. He noted "sparks of originality here and there", such as the Krynn Dynasty, with "the most creative ...
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]
Volo's Guide to Monsters adds a variety of new playable races and expands on existing creatures in the Monster Manual in addition to adding new ones. [3] The book also contains marginalia by both Volothamp Geddarm and Elminster of Shadowdale. [4] Chapter 1: Monster Lore
An epic-level creature suggested to be a primordial ancestor of both the beholder and the gibbering mouther (an amorphous shoggoth-like creature covered in eyes and mouths), having traits of both monsters but at vastly increased power. While it lacks an antimagic eye, it inherits the mouther's amorphous biology, madness-inducing voice, and ...
[5]: 66 The kobold was considered one of the "five main 'humanoid' races" in AD&D by Paul Karczag and Lawrence Schick, [14] and a classic of D&D by reviewer Dan Wickline. [ 15 ] Journalist David M. Ewalt highlighted that kobolds have often been the first combat encounter for new players of Dungeons & Dragons , from its beginnings to the current ...
The orc appears in the first edition Monster Manual (1977), where it is described as a fiercely competitive bully, a tribal creature often living underground. [6]The mythology and attitudes of the orcs are described in detail in Dragon #62 (June 1982), in Roger E. Moore's article, "The Half-Orc Point of View".
D&D co-creator Gary Gygax credited the inspiration for the alignment system to the fantasy stories of Michael Moorcock and Poul Anderson. [4] [5]The original version of D&D (1974) allowed players to choose among three alignments when creating a character: lawful, implying honor and respect for society's rules; chaotic, implying rebelliousness and individualism; and neutral, seeking a balance ...