D&D 2025 Monster Manual - Practical Possibilities Episode 17

About this episode

The episode discusses the new Monster Manual for D&D 2025 and its reception among players.

The new Monster Manual has been lauded as the greatest of the three new Core Rulebooks for D&D. Which one is your favorite? Also on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@dragonmindttrpgs For more blogs and articles, you can check out my Substack at: https://dragonmind.substack.com/ To join the Darkmore Podcast Community Discord, head to https://discord.gg/4CjhBQxX Or email me directly at: dragonmindpodcast@gmail.com Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music

People in this episode

Host: John Tanaka

Topics covered

• D&D
• Monster Manual
• Core Rulebooks
• TTRPG
• game mechanics

Keywords

• D&D 2025
• Monster Manual
• Core Rulebooks
• TTRPG
• game design

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dragon Mind, YouTube, Substack, Darkmore Podcast Community, Fesliyan Studios

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