Editing Monster Manual (section)

===''Dungeons & Dragons'' version 3.5===
{{Infobox book
| name              = Monster Manual (2003)
| author            = [[Monte Cook]], [[Jonathan Tweet]], [[Skip Williams]]
| publisher         = [[Wizards of the Coast]]
| release_date      = July 1, 2003
| genre             = [[Role-playing game]]
| media_type        = Print ([[Hardback]])
| isbn              = 0-7869-2893-X
| pages             = 319
| followed_by       = [[Monster Manual III]], [[Monster Manual IV]], [[Monster Manual V]]
}}
In July 2003, the ''Monster Manual'' was revised and released again for ''D&D'' v 3.5. The revision was done by [[Richard Baker (game designer)|Rich Baker]] and Skip Williams. The 3.5 revision has a slightly different entry on each monster than 3rd edition. Notably, each monster's attack has been divided into ''attack'' and ''full attack'' entries.<ref name="MM3.5_Pyramid">{{cite web | url = http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=4147| title = Pyramid Review: Monster Manual v.3.5 (for Dungeons & Dragons) | access-date = December 24, 2007 | date = August 22, 2003 | last = Ehrbar | first = Steven E. | work = [[Pyramid (magazine)|Pyramid]] | publisher = Steve Jackson Games  }}</ref> When asked about the hardest part in revising the book, Rich Baker replied: "The hardest part of the job was probably the sheer volume of the work we needed to do. There are hundreds of monster entries, and each monster has a couple dozen data points to examine and check."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ps/20030704a| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030811195738/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ps/20030704a| url-status=dead| archive-date=August 11, 2003| title=Product Spotlight: D&D 3.5 | date=July 4, 2003| publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]]| access-date=August 11, 2013| last=Ryan| first=Michael}}</ref> Some creatures from the ''[[Psionics Handbook]]'' and the third edition ''[[Manual of the Planes]]'' were added to the revised book.<ref name="MM3.5_Pyramid"/> Further revision included the addition of an enhanced version of most monsters as an example of advancement (usually either with a template or with class levels). Many monsters also included instructions on how to use them as player characters.

The ''Monster Manual'' v 3.5 was reproduced as a premium reprint on September 18, 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/02430000 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830161003/http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/02430000 | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 30, 2012 | title=3.5 Edition Premium Monster Manual | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | access-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref>

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==== ''Monster Manual III'' ====
{{Main|Monster Manual III}}

''[[Monster Manual III]]'' was published in September 2004, and was designed by [[Rich Burlew]], [[Eric Cagle]], [[Jesse Decker]], [[Andrew J. Finch]], [[Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel]], [[Rich Redman]], [[Matthew Sernett]], [[Chris Thomasson]], and P. Nathan Toomey. This Monster Manual is notable for its descriptions of where the monsters might be found in the [[Eberron]] and [[Forgotten Realms]] [[campaign setting]]s.<ref name="MM3_Pyramid">{{cite web | url = http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=5204 | title = Pyramid Review: Monster Manual III (for Dungeons & Dragons) | access-date = December 24, 2007 | date = January 21, 2005 | last = Honeywell | first = Steve | work = [[Pyramid (magazine)|Pyramid]] | publisher = Steve Jackson Games  }}</ref> Chris Perkins explained: "Almost all of the monsters in the ''Monster Manual III'' are new. We didn't want to give gamers a bunch of beasties they'd already seen, and we found several interesting monster niches to fill.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ps/20040903a| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040915085135/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ps/20040903a| url-status=dead| archive-date=September 15, 2004| title=Product Spotlight: Monster Manual III| date=September 3, 2004| publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]]| access-date=August 12, 2013| last=Ryan| first=Michael}}</ref>

====''Monster Manual IV''====
{{Main|Monster Manual IV}}

''[[Monster Manual IV]]'', published July 2006, was designed by [[Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel]], [[Jennifer Clarke Wilkes]], [[Matthew Sernett]], [[Eric Cagle]], [[Andrew J. Finch|Andrew Finch]], [[Christopher Lindsay]], [[Kolja Raven Liquette]], Chris Sims, [[Owen K.C. Stephens]], [[Travis Stout]], [[JD Wiker]], and [[Skip Williams]]. This book was also published in the v3.5 format and used the new stat block format that was introduced in the ''Dungeon Master's Guide II''. ''Monster Manual IV'' contained fewer actual monsters than ''Monster Manual II'' and ''Monster Manual III'', but had sample lairs and encounters for them, gave stats for classes and templates applied to old creatures, and full page maps. The book also ties into the "Year of the Dragons" theme that Wizards of the Coast planned out for 2006 with the ''[[Spawn of Tiamat]]'', yet contains no new monsters that are considered true dragons.

====''Special Edition Monster Manual''====
In October 2006, the ''Special Edition Monster Manual'' was released, completing the set of special edition core rulebooks started in 2004 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of ''D&D''. Like the others, this book was leather-bound with silver-gilt edges and a cloth bookmark. The book was expanded with some new information, 31 new illustrations, and a new index. All collected errata up to its release date were included in this revision.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndcore/953907200|title=Wizards.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116030004/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products%2Fdndcore%2F953907200|archive-date=November 16, 2006|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

====''Monster Manual V''====
{{Main|Monster Manual V}}

''[[Monster Manual V]]'' was released in July 2007, with [[David Noonan (game designer)|David Noonan]] as lead designer, and additional design by [[Creighton Broadhurst]], [[Jason Bulmahn]], [[David Chart]], [[B. Matthew Conklin III]], [[Jesse Decker]], [[James Desborough (game designer)|James "Grim" Desborough]], [[Rob Heinsoo]], [[Sterling Hershey]], [[Tim Hitchcock]], [[Luke Johnson (game designer)|Luke Johnson]], [[Nicholas Logue]], [[Mike McArtor]], [[Aaron S. Rosenberg|Aaron Rosenberg]], [[Robert J. Schwalb]], [[Rodney Thompson]], and [[Wil Upchurch]]. This book was published in the same format as the ''Monster Manual IV'', featuring lairs and tactics and, like III and IV, detailing how these new monsters fit into Eberron and Forgotten Realms.