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.
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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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