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Mordenkainen’s Fiendish Folio, Volume 1: Monsters Malevolent and Benign
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
by Ben R. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 01/28/2023 17:36:10

If you're a fan of the weirder monsters from the 1E Fiend Folio, if you want some new monsters from the days when monster design still followed the same design philosophy as the rest of the game instead of being arbitrary, this is a fun collection of the weird and bizarre to add to your dungeons. Lots of fun.



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Mordenkainen’s Fiendish Folio, Volume 1: Monsters Malevolent and Benign
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
by James B. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/08/2022 03:29:20

A collection of obscure monsters from AD&D 1st Edition's (in)famous Fiend Folio, updated for 5th Edition. The designers appeared to primarily draw on the original versions from that book, and ignored interpretations from later editions (the xill being a noticeable example); however, they also added some significant new twists of their own. All of the monsters could be the center of interesting encounters or even entire adventures.

My top picks would be:

  • Dire corby: Bird-people that travel in loud packs that scour the Underdark; they're even known to invade dungeons and drive the local monsters out ahead of them.
  • Eye of fear and flame: Powerful, possibly divinely spawned undead that force people to commit acts of evil.
  • Forlarren: Satyrs twisted by devils into beings divided between heroic and villainous aspects.
  • Killmoulis: Fey that are helpful allies but curse those that offend them.
  • Mites: Fey that make everyone around them irritable (to include adventurers).
  • Screaming devilkin: Fey that live to torment and spread panic, and can latch onto greater evils.
  • Ygorl: The slaad lord of entropy, a great epic-level foe.

The sourcebook isn't perfect, however. There are some minor formatting issues near the end (which is kind of embarrassing to see in an official product). I admit to being a little disappointed in their updates to certain old favorites of mine, like the khargra and the norker. And they may have relied a little heavily on making creatures into fey (though that did provide some monsters with compelling origins). But overall, this is a great product worth picking up - and your purchase helps a good cause! (Originally posted on Goodreads)



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Mordenkainen’s Fiendish Folio, Volume 1: Monsters Malevolent and Benign
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
by Jacob A. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/10/2021 14:06:21

Some weird little creatures that have baffled my players. The needlespawn/needle lords are useful if your campaign is plant-heavy for whatever reason too.



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Mordenkainen’s Fiendish Folio, Volume 1: Monsters Malevolent and Benign
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
by Christopher C. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 12/13/2019 16:35:18

I love this! So much fun revisiting all these old friends from the 1980s. Particularly enjoyed seeing the new artistic interpretations of these monsters. Plus, it's for charity, which makes it even better. :)



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