New Stat Block Features in Monstrous Menagerie II

We’ve made a couple of quality-of-life upgrades to the stat blocks in this book.

False Rumors. The Legends & Lore section of each monster entry now includes a false rumor which is handed out on a roll of 5 or less.

Initiative. In Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition, the Narrator can call for any skill check or ability check as an initiative roll. We’ve listed three common ones–Dexterity, Wisdom (Perception), and Wisdom (Insight), and provided average values for each to reduce die rolls.

Saving Throws. The Saving Throw entry on each stat block now shows all six saving throws, not just the ones benefiting from a proficiency bonus.

False Rumors

On this page you can see the addition of False Rumors to the Legends and Lore table. Of course, you can also see many of the other useful tools any Level Up monster book provides, including encounters and sample treasure hauls, behavior, and more. Monstrous Menagerie entries also contains things like example names, lair information, and signs of a monster’s presence so that you can build up that encounter with some foreboding clues.

Initiative & Saving Throws

In this stat block you can see the two new lines—Initiative shows three of the most common initiative rolls, along with their average result, while the Saving Throw entry now shows all six saving throws to save you an extra couple of seconds when running the monster.