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Reddit mentions of Volo's Guide to Monsters (Dungeons & Dragons)
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Product is for use in the Dungeons and Dragons role playing gameProduct Number: WOC B86820000Models and games are supplied unpainted and may require assembly or preparation before playAny scenery, paint, or glue is not included.
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Color | Black |
Height | 10.9 Inches |
Length | 8.5 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Release date | November 2016 |
Weight | 1 Pounds |
Width | 0.6 Inches |
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A playable Kobold race was actually released in the recent 5e supplement Volo's Guide to Monsters
$31 here I’m sure you’ve probably seen this price but I got one from this seller and it was perfect.
I think 5e is far better but your mileage may vary.
You can look at the Basic Rules here for free.
The buy-in for 5e is really slim. I HIGHLY suggest the Starter Set.
> You have the Core Rulebooks:
Not bad to start.
> Then there are only a few splatbooks:
The only other products are the mega-adventures. I'm out of time or I'd link em for ya but here is a list of products: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_rulebooks#Dungeons_.26_Dragons_5th_edition
If you preorder off of Amazon you can get it for around $30. I guarantee with everything in it the $30 price is definitely worth it.
https://www.amazon.com/Volos-Guide-Monsters-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966017/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478133433&sr=8-1&keywords=volo%27s+guide+to+monsters
SO already knows he's getting Volo's Guide to Monsters. What a nerd. :*
Home cooked meal and this DnD book.
The Regular Cover is so boring in comparison, but it'll be a while before I can get a copy.
Orcs é sim uma raça jogável oficial, disponível na página 82 do Volo's Guide to Monsters (que é um suplemento para o Player's Handbook, adicionando várias raças, monstros, e muita história).
You need the following, if you are planning to run the most recent edition:
I recommend getting the following set in order to play a great starting adventure:
You can expand with:
There are 13 races added to the new book released by WotC. Volo's Guide to Monsters https://www.amazon.com/Volos-Guide-Monsters-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966017
Looks like HOTDQ and Rise of Tiamat are also on sale for around $20:
Volo's and Xanathar's are around $30:
SCAG is $30, as is the not-yet-released Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes:
...and scrolling down the list, it seems a bunch of normally $50 adventures are also on sale around $30-34. The DMG is $32 and the Monster Manual is $34:
Just FYI, if you are interested in getting it, Volo's is only $25 on amazon right now instead of the $50 it retails for.
It all depends on your preference but I recommend 5th edition also theirs a starter kit https://www.walmart.com/ip/Dungeons-Dragons-Dungeons-Dragons-Starter-Set-Game/37282882 if you down to buy that it comes with a premise campaign for beginners and I believe it comes with premade characters it’s ideal for 4-6 players. One of you will have to be the dungeon master(dm) who leads the characters through the story and plays the npcs(non playable characters) you’ll also play the creatures/characters your players fight against id recommend these books for now or later on when you start building your own characters etc... this for the dm https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Dungeon-Rulebook-Roleplaying/dp/0786965622 and this for more monsters https://www.amazon.com/Volos-Guide-Monsters-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966017 and this for character creation etc https://www.amazon.com/Players-Handbook-Dungeons-Dragons-Wizards/dp/0786965606 as for dice it’s not that hard each player needs one d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, and a d20 you’ll also want a 10 sided percentile die here’s a cheap set off amazon with plenty of dice(theirs probably cheaper this is just the first thing I saw) https://www.amazon.com/Polyhedral-Drawstring-Dungeons-Pathfinder-Including/dp/B07DSCST6K now non of this is required of course for character creation you can always use sites such as dnd beyond or apps like fight club 5 which are free the only thing that’s really required is the dice. Now I know that’s a lot but honestly it’s a externally fun game and I’ve met some of my closest friends through it
The absolute best way to get started is the Starter Set. It's everything you need to get started including some dice and an adventure. As you get more into it, you'll want to pick up the Players Handbook, the Monster Manual, and the Dungeon Master's Guide (If you don't want to get them all at once, I recommend getting them in that order.) Also very useful is a Dungeon Master's Screen. Moving into more advanced stuff, Xanathar's Guide to Everything is a book full of a bunch of optional rules to spice up the game, and Volo's Guide to Monsters gives more monsters for players to fight, and some you can actually play as. If you need more adventures to run, Tales From the Yawning Portal is a nice big book of dungeons.
My girlfriend bought me the D&D colouring book for my birthday. It is amazing! Highly recommended if your father is artistic. Even if he isn't, it is still fun.
http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/monsters-and-heroes-realm
If your father is a DM and has a cheesex mat for drawing his maps, you can never go wrong with a new set of markers. They tend to run out in the least expected circumstances.
http://www.chessex.com/Accessories/Accessories2.htm
And of course, you can always go with rulebooks. If he has a library, I'd start by seeing which books he is missing. The following are for players of D&D, there are many adventure books as well for DMs.
Volo's Guide to Monsters: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0786966017/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1478899218&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=dungeons+and+dragons&dpPl=1&dpID=51yD0I7mRXL&ref=plSrch
Sword Coast Adventure's Guide: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0786965800/ref=pd_aw_fbt_14_img_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=52RFJNRP5HSVN5MTMT06
Aside from this, you can always just get him random D&D knick knacks.t think geek is a good spot to start your search for any and all things nerdy.
D20 Chip Bowl: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/1d89/
Whiskey stones: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/14d6/?srp=16
Light up D20: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/deaa/?srp=10
D20 spin ring: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/iuov/?srp=54
Hope this helps spur some ideas for the holiday season. Good luck shopping!
The Book of The Righteous. A book all about Dnd pantheons, almost entirely lore, with some mechanical stuff as extras. This is probably the one I'd recommend most given the concentration of lore(plus cool pictures and stuff).
https://www.amazon.com/Book-Righteous-5E-Aaron-Loeb/dp/1934547816/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526601339&sr=8-1&keywords=book+of+the+righteous+5e
The Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide. Mostly lore about the Sword Coast, a region in the forgotten realms. It's almost all lore, with some mechanical stuff towards the end.
https://www.amazon.com/Sword-Coast-Adventurers-Guide-Accessory/dp/0786965800/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526601688&sr=1-1&keywords=sword+coast
Volo's Guide to Monsters. About half the book is the lore of certain monster races, and the other half is monster stat blocks.
https://www.amazon.com/Volos-Guide-Monsters-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966017/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526601471&sr=1-1&keywords=volos
Mordenkainen's tome of Foes. It isn't out till May 29, but it's supposed to be largely lore about the plains and various cosmic conflicts throughout time, and then several more monster stat blocks.
https://www.amazon.com/MORDENKAINENS-FOES-Accessory-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966246/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526601510&sr=1-1&keywords=mordenkainen%27s+tome+of+foes
I recommend going into a local game shop and seeing which of these they have and flipping through them to get an idea of what they're like and which ones interest you the most. Also this is only listing some of the books from the most recent edition (5e), largely because they tend to be the prettiest(design has improved significantly over time). Past editions are absolutely full of books about everything to do with anything you could want in the dnd multiverse.
Unless you know what books they already have it might be a bit risky getting a book, but if you do get a book I would suggest getting something not in the "big three" as someone who's really into D&D is likely to get the players handbook, monster manual, and dungeon masters guide on their own. Better to get them something they'd like but might not buy for themselves since theyre not as "essential", like Volo's Guide to Monsters, the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide or Xanathar's Guide to Everything I think. Also, any d&d player will always appreciate a new set of pretty dice, a cool bag to keep their dice in or a dice tray to roll on are also solid choices.
Australian here, I bought mine from Amazon, was only $40 including shipping and only took a week.
Well worth it.
This is truly an amazing giveaway. Thank you for doing this.
Dungeons and Dragons stuff very difficult to get a hold of here. So I'd like to get the newest handbook coming out Volo's Guide to Monsters $29.97 .I would have requested a bundle of the things I don't have and want but I can't find one.
If you're patient, this may help you:
https://www.amazon.com/Volos-Guide-Monsters-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966017
Canadian.
>ITEM DETAILS (From the WotC website)
>Price: $49.95 C$63.95
>Release Date: 15 November, 2016
>Format: Hardcover
>ISBN: 9780786966073
It's currently on sale for $34.59 on Amazon.ca
https://www.amazon.com/Volos-Guide-Monsters-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966017
new monsters and races for 5e
This
I don't need Volo's Guide. I'm just really into D&D and want to have physical copies of all the main 5e books.
Got the Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, Monster Manual, and Xanathar's, so far.
Do they change the price depending on the customer. I see £40.08 in the UK. (surfing from Denmark)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Volos-Guide-Monsters-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966017/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478324723&sr=8-1&keywords=volo%27s+guide+to+monsters
If you want to go all out I'd recommend these books:
https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Monster-Rulebook-Roleplaying/dp/0786965614/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1549840456&sr=8-6&keywords=dungeons+and+dragons
https://www.amazon.com/Xanathars-Guide-Everything-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966114/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1549840456&sr=8-10&keywords=dungeons+and+dragons
https://www.amazon.com/Volos-Guide-Monsters-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966017/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1549840456&sr=8-14&keywords=dungeons+and+dragons
Enough dice for you and whoever you're playing with:
https://www.amazon.com/Wiz-Dice-Pack-Random-Polyhedral/dp/B01KN7REWQ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1549840537&sr=8-4&keywords=1+pound+of+dice
If you want minis:
https://www.amazon.com/Pathfinder-Roleplaying-Game-Codex-Pawns/dp/1601254725/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1549840982&sr=8-4&keywords=monster+codex+box
https://www.amazon.com/Paizo-Inc-Pathfinder-Pawns-Bestiary/dp/1601255616/ref=pd_sbs_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1601255616&pd_rd_r=d89745e3-2d8a-11e9-bc59-4fcf3b72f982&pd_rd_w=Ip8Jz&pd_rd_wg=d87AF&pf_rd_p=588939de-d3f8-42f1-a3d8-d556eae5797d&pf_rd_r=CQ2TM4MZQSVKFXX2GYRS&psc=1&refRID=CQ2TM4MZQSVKFXX2GYRS
https://www.amazon.com/Pathfinder-Pawns-Villain-Codex-Box/dp/1601259255/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1549840982&sr=8-3&keywords=monster+codex+box
in past editions they were the result of divine heritage somewhere up the tree the same way tieflings have infernal heritage, but in the new rules they are chosen beings that have their normal racial abilities replaced by special powers. Typically they are humanish, but theoretically you could have a dragonborn aasimar. they are outlined in this book. https://www.amazon.com/Volos-Guide-Monsters-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966017
Well, That's a complicated question. I would think that for all monsters that exist in the DnD universe as a whole you would need to go to the edition with the most published monster manuals. My guess would probably be 3/3.5 for that. It has five Monster Manuals as well as several other compendiums. You can find a full list of the books for that edition in this thread.
If you want all the monsters that are in use in the current edition (5e) then you need to pick up the Monster Manual and Volo's Guide to Monsters for the vast majority of them.
I think earlier this year, Mearls alluded that the upcoming "Volo's Guide to Monsters" would provide a deeper bench for these kinds of creatures. I sill have my 4e MM so I like to make minor little Skirmisher, Caster, Tank adjustments, especially with cannon fodder beasties.
https://www.amazon.com/Volos-Guide-Monsters-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966017