Monster Manual Previews! (MD 223)

Episode 223 of Mastering Dungeons! 

Main topic: Monster Manual Previews!

Previews have begun for the 2025 MM! Shawn and Teos discuss the preview and just how hard it is to create monster books.

News: Pinball Wizards, Most Anticipated RPGs, Singapore GMing, and more!

Contents
00:00 Rip Off the 2025 Band-Aid
02:50 New Crafting Rules?
11:29 Games for Campaigns vs One Shots?
27:08 Pinball Wizards
30:28 2025 Most Anticipated RPGs
32:19 Appelcline's Year in Review
39:45 Singapore Professional GMing
42:40 Universal Fan Fest D&D Details
43:58 Will Doyle on Directive 8020
45:53 Kobold Press Monster Vault 2
46:16 Shawn Merwin's Design Tips!
46:59 Monster Manual Previews
49:14 The Challenge of Monster Books
51:26 Describing Monsters in the World
57:38 New Art to Represent D&D
01:00:52 All Paths Lead to CR
01:09:35 What Changed and Monster Families
01:11:45 Monster Type Changes
01:16:46 Bloodied and Exhaustion
01:18:29 Biggest MM Ever?
01:19:49 The 2014 DMG is Bigger than 2024
01:21:07 Shout-Outs

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