The artwork is high quality and primarily lifted from the Monster Manual (from what I can tell). I’ve taken to clipping them to the top of my GM screen during play, allowing the players to see what keeping the multiple stat blocks right in front of me. Overall, the Monster Cards do exactly what I need them to – provide a quick reference for in-game statistics. Due to the size constraints of the card format there is absolutely no descriptive information, you’ll need to refer to the Monster Manual if you need that. The front features artwork depicting the monster in question while the reverse covers the game statistics, with the double width cards employed when creatures have a number of special mechanics. The CR 0-5 set covers 177 monsters, presented as a mix of standard and double sized cards. Fortunately, Gale Force Nine produce a product that is ideal for this situation – Monster Cards, with sets covering CR 0-5 and CR 6-16. Printing off the monster stats in advance helped quite a bit, right up until my players turned left and initiated an encounter I hadn’t planned for. It slowed the game down and was generally just a pain to deal with. Interesting combats should include a variety of creatures, which meant that I found myself flicking back and forth between pages every combat round to double check stats and abilities. It quickly became apparent that keeping a copy of the Basic Rules on my tablet for reference just wasn’t going to cut it. As part of our Fall of the Immortals campaign, I’ve been trying to utilise a wider array of monsters than I am naturally inclined to thanks to my previous GM experience.
That one of the core books is the Monster Manual should be a massive giveaway here.
Combat is a central thematic pillar and the majority of the time the expectation is that those combats will involve Monsters as opposed to intelligent NPCs. It includes all monsters appearing in a product for OD&D, or the original White Box release of Dungeons & Dragons.One of the things I’m slowly coming to appreciate with D&D is just how central monsters are to the game, more so than for any of the other systems I have run.
The following is a list of Original Dungeons & Dragons monsters.
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