Editing Monster Manual II (section)

==''Dungeons & Dragons'' 3rd edition==
{{Infobox book
| name          = Monster Manual II
| image         = Monster Manual II coverthumb.jpg
| caption = 
| author        = [[Ed Bonny]], [[Jeff Grubb]], [[Rich Redman]], [[Skip Williams]], and [[Steve Winter]]
| genre         = [[Role-playing game]]
| publisher     = Wizards of the Coast
| release_date  = September 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wizards.com/catalog/product.asp?88268 |title=WotC Product Library: Monster Manual II |publisher=wizards.com |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020604062404/http://www.wizards.com/catalog/product.asp?88268 |archive-date=June 4, 2002 }}</ref>
| media_type    = Print ([[Hardcover]])
| pages         = 
| isbn          = 
}}

''Monster Manual II'' was a new monster-specific rulebook that contained mostly updated monsters from the sourcebooks of earlier editions, though some monsters have almost no overlap with those of their first edition namesakes. ''Monster Manual II'' also included a discussion of monster design.<ref name="Pyramid_MM2-3E">{{cite web| url = http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=3691 | title = Monster Manual II | access-date = 2007-12-24 | date = 2002-10-02 | last = Kohler | first = Alan D. | work = [[Pyramid (magazine)|Pyramid]] (originally published in the magazine d20 Weekly) | publisher = Steve Jackson Games}}</ref> ''Monster Manual II'' was designed by [[Ed Bonny]], [[Jeff Grubb]], [[Rich Redman]], [[Skip Williams]], and [[Steve Winter]]. Cover art was by [[Henry Higginbotham]], with interior art by [[Glen Angus]], [[Daren Bader]], [[Thomas Baxa]], [[Matt Cavotta]], [[Dennis Cramer]], [[David Day (artist)|David Day]], [[Brian Despain]], [[Tony DiTerlizzi]], [[Michael Dutton]], [[Jeff Easley]], [[Emily Fiegenschuh]], [[Donato Giancola]], [[Lars Grant-West]], [[Rebecca Guay]], [[Quinton Hoover]], [[Jeremy Jarvis]], [[Alton Lawson]], [[Todd Lockwood]], [[Raven Mimura]], [[Matthew Mitchell (artist)|Matthew Mitchell]], [[Vinod Rams]], [[Wayne Reynolds]], [[David Roach (comics)|David Roach]], [[Scott Roller]], [[Richard Sardinha]], [[Marc Sasso]], [[Brian Snoddy]], [[Anthony S. Waters|Anthony Waters]], and [[Sam Wood (artist)|Sam Wood]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/47199/monster-manual-ii|title=Monster Manual II}}</ref>

According to Jeff Grubb for ''Monster Manual II'', "The original plan was about 50 percent completely new, about 50 percent revisions of classic beasts that were not in the first ''Monster Manual''. Right now, it's hard to tell because a lot of "classics" have been stripped down to their core concepts and names and rebuilt from the ground up."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ps/20020809a| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040917190856/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ps/20020809a| url-status=dead| archive-date=September 17, 2004| title=Product Spotlight: Monster Manual II | date=August 9, 2002| publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]]| access-date=August 10, 2013| last=Ryan| first=Michael}}</ref> There was no new version of ''Monster Manual II'' for the 3.5 edition of ''D&D'', although update errata was made available for download from the publisher's website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20030718a |title=D&D v.3.5 Accessory Update Booklet |website=www.wizards.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030811174402/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20030718a |archive-date=2003-08-11}} </ref>

===Reception===
Alan D. Kohler, a reviewer from ''[[Pyramid (magazine)|Pyramid]]'', commented: "The third edition of the game moved forward the "art" of monsters, providing them with more detailed statistics and methods for advancing creatures. It is in these footsteps that the ''Monster Manual II'' must follow."<ref name="Pyramid_MM2-3E"/>