Monster Manual 2 is a 224-page sourcebook for Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition released in May 2009.
Official synopsis[]
Brave adventurers scour the dungeon in search of treasure, but around the next dark corner something terrible and hungry awaits them. What will it be this time? This Dungeons & Dragons core rulebook contains a horde of monsters to unleash upon your campaign world. It includes monsters approporiate for all levels of play, heroic, paragon, and epic. Terrorize your players with such classic creatures as silver dragons, frost giants, and rust monsters. Threaten them with new variants of existing 4th Edition monsters, including new beholders, demons, and lycanthropes. Surprise them with never-before-seen monsters such as the star spawn, the witherling, and the chaos shard. Your D&D game will never be the same!
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Development[]
Monster Manual 2 was written by Eytan Bernstein, Greg Bilsland, and Logan Bonner. Art was provided by Dave Allsop, Zoltan Boros, and Christopher Burdett.
Release[]
Monster Manual 2 was released by Wizards of the Coast in May 2009 for $29.95 US, or $34.00 Canadian.[1]
On October 29, 2013, it was re-released in digital format. It is currently available on DriveThruRPG and Dungeon Masters Guild for $10.19.
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As of 2023, Monster Manual 2 (4e) reached the rank of Gold seller on DriveThruRPG.