Volo's Guide to Monsters™

Research has never been so dangerous…

This guide provides Dungeon Masters with some much-needed guidance as you plan your next venture written by Volothamp "Volo" Geddarm, the esteemed loremaster.

There is also support for further character creation and new playable races for experienced adventurers.

Written through the eyes of an iconic D&D character, supplement books provide you with extra information you can use to really enrich your D&D Adventures and characters.

For 5e you can explore Volo's Guide to Monsters, Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes and Xanathar's Guide to Everything.

What you'll find inside

• Rich Material for DMs
  Monster Lore takes several iconic D&D monsters and provides additional information about their origins, their dispositions and behaviours, and their lairs—above and beyond what is written in the Monster Manual.
  
  Dive deep into the story behind D&D’s most popular and iconic monsters, including beholders, mind flayers, and the yuan-ti, as well as classics like orcs, gnolls, and kobolds.


• Explore the Bestiary
  Bestiary provides game statistics and lore for nearly one hundred monsters suitable for any D&D campaign.
  
  Gain access to rules and story for dozens of monsters new to fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons, such as the froghemoth, the neogi, and the vargouille.


• More Options for Character Creation
  Character Races presents more options that are some of the more distinctive races in the D&D multiverse, including the goblin, the orc, and the firbolg.