Editing Monster Manual (section)

==== ''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>