Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

Episode 225 of Mastering Dungeons!  Main topic: Monster Manual Comparison! We review the recent monster previews. How do 2024 5E monsters compare to 2014, and what do we think of the design? News: Diamond Files Bankruptcy, Ray Winninger on 5E History, Student Trains AI on CR, and more! Contents 00:00 Deadlands and Playtests 02:16 Handout Prep Worth It? 10:52 Rolling Under Pressure? 22:26 Diamond Files Chapter 11 28:51 Ray Winninger on 5E History 41:04 Legends of Greyhawk News 47:37 Grad Student Trains AI on CR 49:41 WizKids Glo in the Dark Minis 52:42 Encounters Under the Shadow of the Dragon Queen 54:37 Monster Manual Comparisons 56:02 How Previews Work 57:53 Ancient Green Dragon Preview 01:01:56 Legendary vs Reactions 01:07:03 Spellcasting and Theme 01:13:16 Numerical Changes 01:15:47 Kuo-Toa 01:24:54 Cyclops 01:38:15 Shout-Outs Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon. Show Search Engine: https://mdsearch.alphastream.org/  Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.