Editing Monster Manual (section)

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

''[[Monster Manual II]]'' was a 160-page hardcover book published in 1983, also credited solely to Gygax.<ref name="HW"/> The book was a supplement that detailed more than 250 monsters, most of them featuring illustrations. Many monsters in the book were taken from previously published adventure modules.<ref name="HW"/> The book contained random encounter tables for dungeon and wilderness settings built from the monsters in the ''Monster Manual'', ''Fiend Folio'', and ''Monster Manual II''.<ref name="HW"/> Some of its contents were taken from various ''AD&D'' adventure modules, in particular quite a number from ''[[Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth|S4: Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth]]'', and a dozen new devils that had been first published in the pages of ''Dragon'' magazine. Like the ''Fiend Folio'' before it, the monsters in ''Monster Manual II'' listed the experience point value for each monster within the entry.  The ''Monster Manual II'' along with the First Edition ''[[Unearthed Arcana]]'' book featured quite a number of monsters, races, and places from Gary Gygax's home [[World of Greyhawk|Greyhawk]] campaign world.