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The FANTASY GROUNDS version available here. Nerd Immersion's Print-on-Demand Review: In total, there are over 470 creature stat blocks in this book at the Dungeon Master's disposal! Challenge 0 (010 XP) Awakened shrub Baboon Badger Bat Cat Commoner Crab Crawling claw Deer Eagle Frog Giant fire beetle Goat Hawk Homunculus Hyena Jackal Lemure Lizard Myconid sprout Octopus Owl Quipper Rat Raven Scorpion Sea horse Shrieker Spider Vulture Weasel. Finally, it also adds variants that provide a nostalgic and classic feel that DMs experienced with the older editions are probably familiar with. This index organizes the monsters in the Monster Manual by challenge rating. It aims to provide Dungeon Masters more options and flexibility in designing adventures and dressing up their dungeons with a wider variety of creatures and characters that are based on the Monster Manual. Monster Manual Expanded is a 330-page source of content that supplements the Monster Manual. A new hardcover version will be prepared to address fixes and improvements and will be available by late 1st or early 2nd quarter of 2022. PRINT-ON-DEMAND/HARDCOVER NOTE: The PoD/Hardcover options will be DEACTIVATED by November 30, 2021.

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