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But some of the ideas were never truly abandoned, like the prominence of Warlocks and Dragonborn.
The new Monster Manual is D&Ds biggest to date, with more than 500 creatures.
Beyond revising the rules creatures printed in 2014, the book also gives lots of them more friends.
While positively receieved on the whole, opinions have been divided on certain elements of the new Monster Manual.
To be precise, theD&D community wrestles over lack of Orc and Drow stat blocks.
Take the Bullywug, the amphibious rulers of swamps.
This isnt entirely new.
But the new book is doubling down on that.
The small nonplayer character appendix has been significantly expanded, going beyond basic stat blocks to ready made encounters.
The Lazy DMs Forge of Foesalso provides a toolkit for building and running monsters that draws heavily on 4E.
EN PublishingsLevel Up: Advanced 5th Editions Monstrous Menagerie resurrects another lost 4E mechanic.
4E was never a true failure as a game.
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