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![]() ![]() ![]() Likewise, humanoid monsters too closely resembled humans to be compelling. As a result, creatures that were fearsome by description were not taken seriously due to ill-suited visuals. Referencing Wizards of the Coast art director Dawn Murin, GameSpy author Allan Rausch found that until the 2nd edition the artwork depicting monsters was influenced by the popular culture of the late 1970s. : 83 In parallel with this change, the 2nd edition introduced colored images for each monster, which became standard in later editions of the game. : 106–107 This format was abandoned again in 1993 in favor of bound books. The 2nd edition also used a unique format in the form of Monstrous Compendiums of loose sheets that could be collected in a folder, and allowed the combination of monster books together with individual monster pages from boxed sets. While later editions gave the various creatures all the attributes which player characters had, 2nd edition only listed intelligence as a characteristic important for creating challenging encounters in the game. : 106–107 Next to a description, monster entries in this edition contained standardized sections covering combat, their habit and society, and their role in the eco-system. The second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game featured both a higher number of books of monsters and more extensive monster descriptions than both earlier and later editions, with usually one page in length. Monsters in the 2nd edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons ![]() 28.6.5 TSR2444 – The Wanderer's Chronicle: Mind Lords of the Last Sea (1996).28.2.7 TSR1085 – Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993).– Birthright – Blood Spawn: Creatures of Light and Shadow (2000).– Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998).– Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996).- Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II (1996).– Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II (1995).– Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II: Terrors Beyond Tyr (1995).– Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness (1994).– Monstrous Compendium – Mystara Appendix (1994).– Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994).– MC15 – Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993).– MC14 – Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992).– MC13 – Monstrous Compendium – Al-Qadim Appendix (1992).– MC12 – Monstrous Compendium – Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert (1992).– MC11 – Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix II (1991).– MC10 – Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991).– MC9 – Monstrous Compendium – Spelljammer Appendix (1991).– MC8 – Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991).– MC7 – Monstrous Compendium – Spelljammer Appendix (1990).– MC6 – Monstrous Compendium – Kara-Tur Appendix (1990).– MC5 – Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990).– MC4 – Monstrous Compendium – Dragonlance Appendix (1990).– MC3 – Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989).– MC2 – Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989).– MC1 – Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989).1 Monsters in the 2nd edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. ![]()
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