The Monster Manual, released in 1977, is one of the three core rulebooks for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition. It was also the first book released for that edition. The Monster Manual presents rules and game statistics for monsters, and is intended primarily for use by the Dungeon Master.
Contents
Content
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List of monsters
The book provides game statistics for over 350 monsters:
aerial servant, anhkheg, giant ant, ape (gorilla), carnivorous ape, axe beak, baboon, badger, baluchitherium, barracuda, basilisk, bear (black bear, brown bear, cave bear), giant beaver, giant beetle (bombardier beetle, boring beetle, fire beetle, rhinoceros beetle, stag beetle, water beetle), beholder, black pudding, blink dog, boar (wild boar, giant boar, warthog), brain mole, brownie, buffalo, bugbear, bulette, bull, wild camel, carrion crawler, catoblepas, wild cattle, centaur, giant centipede, cerebral parasite, chimera, cockatrice, couatl, giant crab, giant crayfish, crocodile (normal crocodile, giant crocodile), demon (Demogorgon (Prince of Demons), Juiblex (the Faceless Lord), manes (sub-demon), Orcus (Prince of the Undead), succubus, type I (vrock), type II (hezrou), type III (glabrezu), type IV (nalfeshnee, etc.), type V (marilith, etc.), type VI (balor, etc.), Yeenoghu (Demon Lord of Gnolls)), devil (Asmodeus (arch-devil), Baalzebul (arch-devil), barbed devil (lesser devil), bone devil (lesser devil), Dispater (arch-devil), erinyes (lesser devil), Geryon (arch-devil), horned devil (malebranche) (greater devil), ice devil (greater devil), lemure, pit fiend (greater devil)), dinosaur (anatosaurus (trachodon), ankylosaurus, antrodemus (allosaurus), apatosaurus (brontosaurus), archelon ischyras, brachiosaurus, camarasaurus, ceratosaurus, cetiosaurus, dinichtys, diplodocus, elasmosaurus, gorgosaurus, iguanadon, lambeosaurus, megalosaurus, monoclonius, mosasaurus, paleoscincus, pentaceratops, plateosaurus, plesiosaurus, pteranodon, stegosaurus, styracosaurus, teratosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus rex), displacer beast, djinni, dog (war dog, wild dog), dolphin, doppleganger, dragon (black dragon (draco causticus sputem), blue dragon (draco electricus), brass dragon (draco impudentus gallus), bronze dragon (draco gerus bronzo), chromatic dragon (Tiamat), copper dragon (draco comes stabuli), gold dragon (draco orientalus sino dux), green dragon (draco chlorinous nauseous respiratorus), platinum dragon (Bahamut), red dragon (draco conflagratia horriblus), silver dragon (draco nobilis argentum), white dragon (draco rigidus frigidus)), dragonne, dragon turtle, dryad, dwarf (hill dwarf, mountain dwarf), giant eagle, ear seeker, eel (electric eel, giant eel, weed eel), efreet, elemental (air elemental, earth elemental, fire elemental, water elemental), elephant ((Asiatic) elephant, loxodont (African elephant)), elf (elf, aquatic elf, drow, grey elf, half-elf, wood elf), ettin, floating eye, eye of the deep, flightless bird, giant frog (giant frog, killer frog, poisonous frog), violet fungi, giant gar, gargoyle (gargoyle, kapoacinth), gas spore, gelatinous cube, ghast, ghost, ghoul, giant (cloud giant, fire giant, frost giant, hill giant, stone giant, storm giant), gnoll, gnome, giant goat, goblin, golem (clay golem, flesh golem, iron golem, stone golem), gorgon, gray ooze, green slime, griffon, groaning spirit (banshee), halfling (halfling, tallfellow), harpy, hell hound, herd animal, hippocampus, hippogriff, hippopotamus, hobgoblin (hobgoblin, koalinth), homonculous, horse (draft horse, heavy horse, light horse, medium horse, pony, wild horse), hydra (hydra, lernaean hydra, pyrohydra), hyena (hyena, giant hyena (hyaenodon)), imp, intellect devourer, invisible stalker, Irish deer, ixitxachitl, jackal, jackalwere, jaguar, ki-rin, kobold, lamia, lammasu, lamprey (normal lamprey, giant lamprey), larva, giant leech, leopard, leprechaun, leucrotta, lich, lion (lion, mountain lion, spotted lion), lizard (fire lizard, giant lizard, minotaur lizard, subterranean lizard), lizard man, locathah, lurker above, lycanthrope (werebear, wereboar, wererat, weretiger, werewolf), giant lynx, mammoth, manticore, masher, mastodon, medusa, men (bandit (brigand), berserker, buccaneer (pirate), caveman (tribesman), dervish (nomad), merchant, pilgrim), merman, mimic, mind flayer, minotaur, mold (brown mold, yellow mold), morkoth, mule, mummy, naga (guardian naga, spirit naga, water naga), neo-otyugh, night hag, nightmare, nixie, nymph, ochre jelly, giant octopus, ogre, ogre mage (Japanese ogre), orc (orc, half-orc), giant otter, otyugh, giant owl, owlbear, pegasus, peryton, piercer, giant pike, pixie, giant porcupine, giant Portuguese man-o-war, pseudo-dragon, purple worm, quasit, rakshasa, giant ram, giant rat (Sumatran), ray (manta ray, pungi ray, sting ray), remorhaz, rhinoceros (rhinoceros, woolly rhinoceros), roc, roper, rot grub, rust monster, sahuagin, salamander, satyr, giant scorpion, sea hag, giant sea horse, sea lion, shadow, shambling mound, shark (shark, giant shark (megalodon)), shedu, shrieker, skeleton, giant skunk, slithering tracker, giant slug, giant snake (amphisbaena, giant constrictor snake, giant poisonous snake, sea snake, spitting giant snake), spectre, sphinx (androsphinx, criosphinx, gynosphinx, hieracosphinx), spider (giant spider, huge spider, large spider, phase spider, giant water spider), sprite, giant squid, stag (stag, giant stag), stirge, strangle weed, su-monster, sylph, thought eater, giant tick, tiger (tiger, sabre-tooth tiger (smilodon)), titan, titanothere, giant toad (giant toad, ice toad, poisonous toad), trapper, treant, triton, troglodyte, troll, giant turtle (giant sea turtle, giant snapping turtle), umber hulk, unicorn, vampire, giant wasp, water weird, giant weasel, whale, wight, will-o-(the)-wisp, wind walker, wolf (wolf, dire wolf (worg), winter wolf), wolverine (wolverine, giant wolverine), wraith, wyvern, xorn, yeti, zombie.
Development
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Reception and influence
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External links
| Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manuals |
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| Monster Manual (1e) • Monster Manual II (1e) Monstrous Compendium Volume One (2e) • Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (2e) • Monstrous Manual (2e) Monster Manual (3.0) • Monster Manual II (3.0) Monster Manual (3.5) • Monster Manual III (3.5) • Monster Manual IV (3.5) • Monster Manual V (3.5) Monster Manual (4e) • Monster Manual 2 (4e) • Monster Manual 3 (4e) • Monster Vault (4e) Monster Manual (5e) |
| Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition |
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| Core rules |
| Players Handbook • Dungeon Masters Guide • Monster Manual |
| Supplements |
| Battlesystem: Fantasy Combat Supplement • The Book of Lairs • The Book of Lairs II • Deities & Demigods (Legends & Lore) • Dungeoneer's Survival Guide • Fiend Folio • Manual of the Planes • Monster Manual II • Oriental Adventures • The Rogues Gallery • Unearthed Arcana • Wilderness Survival Guide |
| Adventures |
| Desert of Desolation (Pharaoh • Oasis of the White Palm • Lost Tomb of Martek) • Queen of the Spiders (Against the Giants (Steading of the Hill Giant Chief • Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl • Hall of the Fire Giant King) • Descent Into the Depths of the Earth • Shrine of the Kuo-Toa • Vault of the Drow • Queen of the Demonweb Pits) • Realms of Horror (Tomb of Horrors • White Plume Mountain • Expedition to the Barrier Peaks • Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth) • Scourge of the Slavelords (Slave Pits of the Undercity • Secret of the Slavers Stockade • Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords • In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords) • The Temple of Elemental Evil (The Village of Hommlet) • Dungeonland • The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror • The Secret of Bone Hill • The Assassin's Knot • Deep Dwarven Delve • The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh • Danger at Dunwater • The Final Enemy • Adventure Pack I • Against the Cult of the Reptile God • All That Glitters... • Baltron's Beacon • The Bane of Llywelyn • Beyond the Crystal Cave • Dark Clouds Gather • Day of Al'Akbar • Destiny of Kings • Dwellers of the Forbidden City • Egg of the Phoenix • Eye of the Serpent • The Forest Oracle • The Gauntlet • The Ghost Tower of Inverness • The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan • The Lost Island of Castanamir • Midnight on Dagger Alley • Needle • Ravager of Time • Ravenloft • Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill • The Sentinel • The Shattered Statue • Tales of the Outer Planes • To Find a King • Tomb of the Lizard King • Treasure Hunt • When a Star Falls |
