D&D 2025 Monster Manual Deep Dive – Lazy RPG Talk Show

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D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com/

Video Contents

00:00:00 Show Start
00:00:58 Hexploration Decks
00:02:59 Mike on EN World and Kobold Press Podcasts
00:04:09 All Three D&D 2024 Core Books are Released
00:06:33 2024 Monster Manual is the Most Important DM-Focused D&D 2024 Book
00:07:46 Is the 2025 Monster Manual Better than the 2014 MM?
00:08:40 Is the D&D 2025 MM the Best 5e Monster Book?
00:12:30 Could It Have Been Better? Of Course.
00:14:36 Monsters Hit at Their Challenge Rating
00:19:59 Other Designers on the Monster Math
00:22:05 Commentary D&D 2025 Monster Manual Compared to Forge of Foes
00:25:56 Effects Don't Negatively Impact Damage Anymore
00:28:04 Vampire
00:30:15 Requires Looking Up Spells
00:35:50 Cultist Fanatic
00:37:59 The Language of the 2025 Monster Manual
00:39:47 Has No Orcs, Drow, or Duergar
00:50:56 Static Initiative Scores
00:54:16 Crappy Treasure "Tables"
00:56:29 Crappy Ability Score Tables
01:00:05 Awesome Contextual Random Tables
01:03:01 Alphabetically Sorted Most of the Time
01:05:31 What Else Is Missing?
01:06:38 Day 1 Errata
01:07:55 Final Thoughts

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