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How Long Is The 2025 Monster Manual?

The 2025 Monster Manualis 384 pages long, with all creaturesbeing ordered alphabeticallyinstead of by creature.

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The beasts and other creatures associated with normal animalsare all on Appendix A, after all the other monsters.

What Does The 2025 Monster Manual Contain?

Afterward, as mentioned before,all the creatures appear alphabetically.

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Does The 2025 Monster Manual Replace Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters Of The Multiverse?

How Many Monsters Are In The 2025 Monster Manual?

In total, the 2025 Monster Manualincludes 504 unique monsters, with75 of those monsters being brand new.

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The book has a wide spread of levels, giving you ample choiceforlow-level adventurestofinal bossesof long-running campaigns.

Are The Creatures From The 2014 Monster Manual In The 2025 Monster Manual?

Others simplyneeded the name change for clarity, like the poisonous snake now being known as the venomous snake.

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What Are The Key Updates In The 2025 Monster Manual?

The creature types of many monstershave been changed to better represent them.

Can The 2025 Monster Manual Be Used With Older Content?

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