Level Up Your D&D Monsters

Monstrous Menagerie II: Hordes & Heroes is the long-awaited sequel to 2021's critically-acclaimed Monstrous Menagerie.

With a slew of new monsters, new horde monster rules to let your heroes carve their way through large groups of minions, heroic monsters which can level up with you—whether companion or recurring foe—and all the helpful tools you loved in Monstrous Menagerie, this book is here to take your Level Up and D&D games to a whole new level!

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Heroic Monsters

Is your party about to face off against a recurring villain? Or have they befriended a monster or beast and want it to adventure alongside them?

Monstrous Menagerie II: Hordes & Heroes has developed rules for heroic monsters—monsters that gain levels and improve their capabilities just as player characters do. Whether it’s a foe, an ally, or even a monstrous player character, a heroic monster’s statistics stay apace with those of the party members, and they can even earn unique or customizable features as they gain monster levels.

A rival wizard can gain new spells, a captured kobold can become a full-fledged party member, and a red dragon hatchling can grow, breathing ever fiercer flame and becoming a danger to foes and party members alike.

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Horde Monsters

The original Monstrous Menagerie introduced elite monsters, a tough and dangerous example of its species or type. Often, an elite monster represents a specific, named individual.

Monstrous Menagerie II: Hordes & Heroes introduces a new monster role: the horde monster. Just as a single elite monster can challenge a party of heroes, horde monsters are specially designed to work well in large groups that outnumber the adventurers. Horde monsters are the evil emperor’s palace guards, the armies besieging the city walls, and the pack of wolves howling in pursuit of the heroes. They’re easy to run for the Narrator and easy to kill for the adventurers. But unlike many traditional monstrous minions, they’re not to be taken lightly.

The book include a variety of pre-made horde monsters, from Challenge Ratings 1-20. And any existing monster can be turned into a horde monster by simply applying the horde monster template. 

What is Level Up Advanced 5th Edition?

Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition (A5E) launched in 2021 and is a standalone game which enhances the 5E ruleset which you know and love. If you love 5E but would like a little more depth to the rules, Level Up is the new game for you!

After two years of extensive public playtests and surveys involving thousands of players, and input from our active community, we completely overhauled the 5E game system. From redesigned classes to a full exploration pillar, we revisited every aspect of the game to present this new standalone game, backwards compatible with the 5th Edition core rules.

If you would like to read an overview of the system, you can visit the official Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition tools site. Here you will find the rules of the game to read for free, along with searchable directories of spells, combat maneuvers, magic items, monsters, and more.