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Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual II

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I have to hand it to the ol' gang of early TSR. From cover to cover, this one is _packed_! Fantastic arrays of demons and devils continue after the Monster Manual with Mephistopholes, Anthraxus, and many, many more. The original Deva listing is here too! Even Charon, Boatman of the River Styx is here. *sigh* What a masterpiece!

Personally I think all Monster Compediums for 1st edition are indispensable but MMII is for good reason. Before I even get into the monsters the beginning of this book has charts on all character ability scores that go beyond those established in players handbook. This is invaluable when characters go beyond 18 in ability scores or when dealing with a monster of exceptional abilties. In addition to this MMII, as I like to call it, possesses some very interesting monsters,i.e. aurumvorax,aboleth,tarrasque,cloud dragon,solid devils and demons and even some good aligned creatures like the moon dog and solars and planars. Creature captions are well drawn, better than MMI, in fact I'd say the whole book is a step up in quality from Monster Manual I. Overall I'd say this is an important book for anyone interested 1st or 2nd edition AD&D.

This is an excellent reference work for adventures set in worlds other than our own. Extremely good for higher-level characters, but lower-level characters will find most of the creatures in this book too powerful. Overall, excellent, but not a must-have for beginning DMs and players.