Wizards of the Coast is releasing some spoilers today for the Monster Manual 2 through various sources, one of which is right here! I believe the deal is that various sources will be sneak previewing different monsters, and you should be able to find the stat blocks for each of these monsters over at the D&D Facebook page.
Here is our sneak peak, a look at the new Shadar-Kai that will be presented in the Monster Manual 2!
My biggest hope for the MM2 is that it builds on many of the existing creature types with more diversity and versatility, but it doesn’t look like the new Shadar-kai are going to be tending to their Care Bear collections any moreso than the original ones. It does, however, look like there is another type of Shadar-kai Chainfighter…the female kind! Now with spiked boobie powers. Those things are just plain dangerous. I think this might actually be a family photo, but instead of saying cheese they were reminded that they live in the Shadowfell and have to frown all the freaking time. The guy in the background has a whip, so maybe it’s some kind of forced labor Raven Queen Welcoming Committee. All I really want to know is which one is going to go pick up the Raven Queen’s pizza.
Once we spot the other previews that are up we’ll link to them here, but in the meantime there will also be updates on all of the monsters at the following twitter pages:
http://twitter.com/EmilRodriguez
http://twitter.com/betterwithmayo
http://twitter.com/ginaj14
Updates:
- Yax posted an image of the new Iron Dragon, and you can see a statblock for this level 19 Solo Lurker at the D&D Facebook page.
- Wired’s GeekDad has an image of what I assume are some of the new golems, though they aren’t identified by the poster there. – Yea, it’s the Clay Golem and Iron Golem
- AintItCool News – Warforged image
- Ugo Games Blog – Firbolg image
- Which monsters are next???
I think everyone’s excited to see all of the new monsters that will be added with this book, and whether or not your gaming group picks it up I’ve been told you’ll have a great chance to face off against many of them at the next D&D Game Day on May 23rd in tons of retail stores!
Also you can follow the Critical Hits twitter page, we won’t have any special MM2 content but we do keep it up to date with any gaming news that we find!
greywulf says
Hey, you can’t argue with spiked boobies.
I love these (the Shadar-kai that is, not the boobies). What we’ve seen of the MM2 so far looks awesome. Great stuff!
Sucilaria says
All I want from the MM2 is a T-Rex.
Nicholas says
I bet out Iron Dragon could beat up your Shadar-kai 🙂
Plus, ours is smiling. Although what he might be smiling about scares me.
Bartoneus says
@Nicholas: He won’t be smiling for long once the Shadar-kai burn his care bear collection!
greywulf says
@Bartoneus Aren’t the Care Bears scheduled for Monster Manual 3?
Yax says
I think wizards – or any company – could publish a monster manual every month and make decent sales.
Yax´s last post: Drow vs Undead: A ‘Demon Queen’s Enclave’ Review
The Game says
“Monster Manual a Month” to go with “Dungeon a Day” 🙂