Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)


Episode Artwork
1.0x
0% played 00:00 00:00
Jan 22 2025 102 mins   117 1 0

Episode 225 of Mastering Dungeons!



Main topic: Monster Manual Comparison!


We review the recent monster previews. How do 2024 5E monsters compare to 2014, and what do we think of the design?


News: Diamond Files Bankruptcy, Ray Winninger on 5E History, Student Trains AI on CR, and more!


Contents

00:00 Deadlands and Playtests

02:16 Handout Prep Worth It?

10:52 Rolling Under Pressure?

22:26 Diamond Files Chapter 11

28:51 Ray Winninger on 5E History

41:04 Legends of Greyhawk News

47:37 Grad Student Trains AI on CR

49:41 WizKids Glo in the Dark Minis

52:42 Encounters Under the Shadow of the Dragon Queen

54:37 Monster Manual Comparisons

56:02 How Previews Work

57:53 Ancient Green Dragon Preview

01:01:56 Legendary vs Reactions

01:07:03 Spellcasting and Theme

01:13:16 Numerical Changes

01:15:47 Kuo-Toa

01:24:54 Cyclops

01:38:15 Shout-Outs

Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.


Show Search Engine: https://mdsearch.alphastream.org/


Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).


MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.