Monsters of the Multiverse: Great or Grift? | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast
Episode description
I consider myself somewhat plugged into Wizards of the Coast’s release schedule, but this new Mordenkainen almost snuck past me. I saw “multiverse” in the title and immediately thought they chose the name to cleverly tie into “Spiderman” and "Doctor Strange.” There was an Unearthed Arcana in 2021 called “Travelers of the Multiverse” and it mainly featured player races associated with the “Spelljammer” setting, which we all knew was coming out in 2022. My mind immediately went there. “This must be some kind of additional bestiary for Spelljammer!” So that’s on me for not investigating further before I supported my Local Gaming Store to the tune of $50. I sat there alternating between reading and feeling miffed until both activities merged into a melange of mild dejection. I put it away and sat with the feeling for a couple of days. tl;dr: I changed my mind. Listen to this episode and read the rest of the blog post from which I pulled the preceding!
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Topics
- Delisting old content on D&D Beyond, Licensing Vs. Ownership
- What MotM is for.
- What has changed in MotM.
Additional Resources
- Dicebreaker article from shortly before the delisting of Guide to Monsters and Tome of Foes. https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/dungeons-and-dragons-dndbeyond-delisting-books
- Monsters of the Multiverse official page https://dnd.wizards.com/products/monsters-of-the-multiverse
- Dragon+ Article on Monsters of the Multiverse https://dnd.dragonmag.com/2022/03/22/migrating-multiverse-mordenkainen-presents-monsters/content.html
Be sure to check out the video interview series that Wizards of the Coast Produced about "Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse."
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