![]() ![]() The gauth is obviously in an overall Beholder section in Chapter 3, as you can catch the tail end of the Death Kiss section on the sample page. Minotaurs, sahuagin, thri-kreen, troglodytes, and trolls would all be good candidates for such shorter sections. ![]() There might be another minor "featured" section two mixed in there as well, without a lair map, given that we didn't know about hags until now. We know that Chapter 1 will cover yuan-ti as well, which with the remaining mind flayer section and the orc section, would be enough to fill up the 30 pages or so. That's still possible (Volo might complain that the good dragons refused to talk to him - presumably on Elminster's request - whilelthe evil ones just wanted to eat him), and give us a quick overview (quick history, pantheon, and role-playing tips), but I agree, that possibility is looking a bit grim. Given that we're a bit into the giant section on page 23, either we go directly from beholders to giants, or we have at most 4 pages for something like dragons. The beholder section in Chapter 1 is "nearly 14 pages" from the Polygon preview, so given that it will start on around page 5, it looks like it will go to around page 18. I was just about to do an analysis like this myself lol Oh, and the firbolg, as a playable race, has been previewed on the WotC page for the book: I can't think of a single "monster book", from the very genesis of D&D, that didn't have at least one dragon type detailed in it. ![]() But even if that's the case, I can't see them not statting out at least one new type in Chapter 3 then. If what you've surmised is correct, and there are seven "featured" monster types in that chapter, we'll be seeing around 4 - 5 stat blocks on average for the featured monsters, which seems pretty reasonable given the monsters being covered (although I hope we get more in the giant chapter while that fire giant dreadnought is cool and all, I do want at least one other fire giant variant in there, not to mention extra variants for other giant types as well, just for variety).Īs for dragons, you may be right and they won't get their own featured section. 130 stat blocks seems pretty reasonable - we know we're going to get just under 100 new monsters in Chapter 3, so the 30+ other stat blocks should be the variants for creatures in Chapter 1. ![]()
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