Why I Dislike How The 2024 Monster Manual Is Organized, And How I Would Fix It

Hello everyone, welcome back to another video. My name is Kevbot, and I love monster manuals. I also own a lot of monster manuals. I like the art, I like the stat blocks, I like how they fuel my imagination both as a player and as a dungeon master. But beyond simply being art books or indexes of stat blocks, monster manuals have the opportunity to be one of the most powerful tools in the DMs toolbox when it comes to preparing adventures. While I generally really love the art and stat blocks found in the 2024 monster manual, I can't get over how the choice to arrange the book alphabetically severely weakens its use as a tool for dungeon masters. In today's video, I'm going to do a bit on an analytical deep dive of the 2024 monster manual, why it's organized alphabetically, why it actually isn't organized alphabetically, why I think this choice of organization is a problem, and how I would have done it. We've got a ton of information to cover today, so lets get straight on into it.

0:00 Introduction
1:12 Part 1: Why The 2024 Monster Manual Is In Alphabetical Order
3:53 Part 2: Why The 2024 Monster Manual Isn't In Alphabetical Order
7:37 Part 3: Why The 2024 Monster Manual Shouldn't Be In Alphabetical Order
9:02 Part 4: How I Would Organize The 2024 Monster Manual
10:14 Part 5: How The Monster Manual Can Be Used As A Tool For Preparation
16:02 Part 6: How The Solution To This Issue Is Built Into The 2024 Monster Manual, But Also Sucks

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