Lead Designers: Jeremy Crawford, F. Wesley Schneider
Designers: Makenzie De Armas, Christopher Perkins, Ben Petrisor
Rules Developers: Jeremy Crawford (lead), Christopher Perkins
Editors: Judy Bauer (lead), Janica Carter, Michele Carter, Adrian Ng
Playtest Analysts: Ben Petrisor (lead), Makenzie De Armas, Ron Lundeen
Art Directors: Fury Galluzzi (lead), Bree Heiss, Josh Herman, Kate Irwin, Emi Tanji
Graphic Designers: Trystan Falcone (lead), Matt Cole, Trish Yochum
Cover Illustrators: Tyler Jacobson, Olena Richards
Interior Illustrators: Hazem Ameen, Joy Ang, Carlo Arellano, Daren Bader, Cristi Balanescu, Helge C. Balzer, Luca Bancone, Mark Behm, Eric Belisle, Steven Belledin, Olivier Bernard, Alex Brock, Michael Broussard, Kai Carpenter, Domenico Cava, Sidharth Chaturvedi, Yongjae Choi, Chris Cold, Daarken, Kent Davis, Nikki Dawes, Axel Defois, Julie Dillon, Simon Dominic, Jesper Ejsing, Aurore Folny, Fury Galluzzi, John Patrick Gañas, Caroline Gariba, Justin Gerard, Michele Giorgi, IIse Gort, Lars Grant-West, John Grello, Johan Grenier, Nils Hamm, Patrik Hell, Suzanne Helmigh, Rowan Holloway, Alexandre Honoré, Bjorn Hurri, Izzy, Dario Jelusic, Mathias Kollros, Yigit Koroglu, Vance Kovacs, Jonathan Kuo, Andrey Kuzinskiy, Katerina Ladon, Titus Lunter, Richard Luong, Valera Lutfullina, Warren Mahy, Slawomir Maniak, Antonio José Manzanedo, Andrew Mar, Lorenzo Mastroianni, Viko Menezes, Robson Michel, Aaron Miller, Maxime Minard, Caio Monteiro, Riccardo Moscatello, Martin Mottet, Jodie Muir, Sean Murray, Hinchel Or, David Auden Nash, Nestor Ossandon Leal, Alexander Ostrowski, Alejandro Pacheco, Vicki Pangestu, Anna Pavleeva, Borja Pindado, Pindurski, Andrea Piparo, Anna Podedworna, Polar Engine, April Prime, Arash Radkia, Chris Rahn, Jason Rainville, Joshua Raphael, Adam Rex, Aaron J. Riley, Cyprien Rousson, Bram Sels, Cynthia Sheppard, Bryan Sola, Annie Stegg, Matt Stewart, Alex Stone, Crystal Sully, Taras Susak, John Tedrick, Viktor Titov, Brian Valenzuela, Brian Valeza, Svetlin Velinov, Kev Walker, Ben Wootten, Zuzanna Wuzyk, Mark Zug
Concept Art Director: Josh Herman
Concept Artists: Carlo Arrelano, Andrew Baker, Michael Broussard, John Grello, Jax Jacson, Alex Konstad, Katerina Ladon, Simon Lee, Antonio Manzanedo, Matt Millard, Aaron Miller, Sean Murray, Stephen Oakley, Alexander Ostrowski, Anna Podedworna, Noor Rahman, Jason Rainville, Chase Stone, Crystal Sully, Justin Sweet, John Tedrick, Campbell White, Bryan Wynia
Consultants: Basheer Gouse, Pam Punzalan, Jonathan Tomhave
Additional Consultation: Jay Jani, Ray Winninger
Producers: Dan Tovar (lead), Bill Benham, Siera Bruggeman, Robert Hawkey
Print Operations Engineers: Basil Hale, Scott West
Imaging Technicians: Daniel Corona, Meagan Kenreck, Paolo Vacala, Kevin Yee
Prepress Specialist: Jefferson Dunlap
Based on the Monster Manual (2014) by
Christopher Perkins (lead), Jeremy Crawford, Peter Lee, Mike Mearls, Robert J. Schwalb, Matt Sernett, Chris Sims, Rodney Thompson, Steve Townshend, James Wyatt
Building on the original game created by
Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson and then developed by many others over the past 50 years
On the Cover
On this cover by Tyler Jacobson, adventurers Vajra Safahr and Minsc test their mettle against a beholder and its horde of horrors. Will they prove themselves heroes or lunch?
On the Alt-Cover
Got something on your mind? A mind flayer offers one of its brain-consuming brood as an alternative in this aberrant illustration by Olena Richards.
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ISBN: 978-0-7869-6954-8
First Printing: February 2025
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