2025 Monster Manual Deep Dive
- Is it better than 2014?
- Is it the best 5e monster book?
- Could it have been better?
- Available in the free rules
- What's the best monster book?
- Moveset traps and hitting at an appropriate CR
- Blog of holding analysis – Alphastream analysis
- 2025 MM Comparison to Forge of Foes
- Mikes quick benchmarks
- Less accounting for status effects in CR which is good
- Spellcasting Monsters and burying the effective attack
- The Orc, Drow, and Duergar Situation – you can have your drow stat block by buying another book
- initiative scores and proficiency
- Crappy treasure "tables". +1 to A5e's MM
- Crappy ability score block. +1 to TOV's MV
- creature contextual random tables
- Sorting Alphabetically -- most of the time?
- What’s missing? Random encounter tables, monster knowledge checks, real loot tables, tactics, monster pairings and groups
- Day one errata
- Easy to complain but it is what it is
Monsters to look at
- Lich
- Cult Fanatic
- Death Knight
- Chain Devil
- Tough
- Stirge
