When the initiate count hits 20 the creature can use its legendary lair action. Legendary creatures might also have Lair Actions that let them do even cooler things if the PCs encounter them where they live. If a monster has one or more legendary action it will allow them to do something extraordinary, usually when it’s not their turn in the initiative. Now we get the official descriptions of where legendary actions landed. We got a hint of what legendary creatures are like with the D&D Next play test, especially if you ran the D&D Encounters adventure Dead in Thay. The folks at The Escapist Magazine have created an interesting graph that maps the number of monsters in the Monster Manual against the Challenge Rating. Of course there are some really tough monsters in here too, but not nearly as many. Personally I’d rather throw a bunch of weaker monsters at the party than just one or two really powerful ones so I’m ok with more lower end monsters. The vast majority of monsters present in the Monster Manual are lower challenge ratings. This is more than enough to keep any DM happy for a long time, or at least until they release the inevitable Monster Manual 2. The Monster Manual is 352 pages and there is approximately one monster on every page so 350 different monsters (or more) is a fair estimate. There are a lot of monsters in this book. They didn’t just mine the old bestiaries and find images they liked, each monster got new treatment. I’d also like to note that all of the art used in the Monster Manual seems to be original. It allowed different artists to showcase their own styles while still feeling like they all the monsters live in the same fantasy world. As much as I loved that the older editions of D&D had a handful of artists who illustrated the whole book and set a certain tone and standard for monsters, using many artists in the 5e book was an excellent call. The art in the new 5e Monster Manual is fantastic it’s really top notch. The very first page of the book simply says Monster Manual at the top, has the D&D ampersand at the bottom and in the centre is a beautiful full colour illustration of a Dragon, the iconic monster the game is named after.
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