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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!

Content[]

Development and release[]

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.

Reception and influence[]

Critical reception[]

As of 2023, Monster Manual 2 (4e) reached the rank of Gold seller on DriveThruRPG.

Influence on other works[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Product page. Wizards.com, via Web Archive.
Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition
Core rules
Player's HandbookPlayer's Handbook 2Player's Handbook 3
Monster ManualMonster Manual 2Monster Manual 3
Dungeon Master's GuideDungeon Master's Guide 2
Starter Set
Supplements
Adventurer's VaultAdventurer's Vault 2Arcane PowerThe Book of Vile DarknessDark Sun Campaign SettingDark Sun Creature CatalogDemonomiconDivine PowerDraconomicon: Chromatic DragonsDraconomicon: Metallic DragonsDragon Magazine AnnualEberron Campaign GuideEberron Player's GuideForgotten Realms Campaign GuideForgotten Realms Player's GuideHammerfastInto the Unknown: The Dungeon Survival HandbookManual of the PlanesMartial PowerMartial Power 2Menzoberranzan: City of IntrigueMordenkainen's Magnificent EmporiumNeverwinter Campaign SettingOpen Grave: Secrets of the UndeadThe Plane Above: Secrets of the Astral SeaThe Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental ChaosPlayer's Handbook Races: DragonbornPlayer's Handbook Races: TieflingsPlayer's Strategy GuidePrimal PowerPsionic PowerUnderdarkVor Rukoth
Adventures
Keep on the ShadowfellThunderspire LabyrinthPyramid of ShadowsDeath's ReachKingdom of the GhoulsPrince of UndeathKing of the Trollhaunt WarrensDemon Queen's EnclaveAssault on Nightwyrm FortressThe Slaying StoneOrcs of Stonefang PassDungeon DelveDungeon Magazine AnnualHalls of UndermountainMarauders of the Dune SeaRevenge of the GiantsScepter Tower of SpellgardSeekers of the Ashen CrownTomb of Horrors
Essentials
Starter SetRules CompendiumHeroes of the Forgotten KingdomsHeroes of the Fallen LandsMonster VaultDungeon Master's KitMonster Vault: Threats to the Nentir ValePlayer's Option: Heroes of ShadowPlayer's Option: Heroes of the Elemental ChaosPlayer's Option: Heroes of the FeywildThe Shadowfell: Gloomwrought and BeyondMadness at Gardmore Abbey
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