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De Armas  \nEditor: Laura Hirsbrunner  \nProduction: Anna Coulter, Lars Bakke  \nArt Direction: Jason Hasenauer  \nGraphic Design: Gordon McAlpin  \nLayout: Gordon McAlpin  \nCover Illustration: Martin Sobr  \nIllustration: Grace Cheung, Jason Hasenauer, Nick De Spain  \nPlaytest Director: Lars Bakke  \nAccessibility Consultant: Chris Hopper  \nMCDM Contractors  \nCommunity Coordinator: John Champion  \nCustomer Support: Bobby McBride  \nQA Senior Tester: Spencer Hibnick  \nTesters: Alecson de Lima Junior, Cassandra “Dig” Crary, James Dewar, Nathan Clark  \nPlaytesters  \nPlaytest Coordinators: Aaron Flavius West, AJ Metzger, Alex Adkisson, Alex Hencinski, Anna Guimarães, Claire Buzzelli, Clayton Salamon, Durante Bozzini, Harley Kewish, Jack Vidulich, Madeleine Bray, Reuben Hung, Shane Parker  \nBeta Playtesters: 0XiDi, Adam McLaughlin, Alex“Kevin” Lover, Brandon Alan McClenahan, Brandon Wanner, Brett DeCosimo, Brian Diehl, Bryce Beggs, Casey Bell, Casey Williams, Cory Muraglio, Davidqshull, Derek Fisher, EndlesNights, Eric Stefen, FULLMETAL337, Gabriel Sortica Reichmann, Grumpy, Guilherme da Silva Moser, Hazel Margaris, Isaiah Smith, Jai Gautam, JayPea, Joshua  \nSakata, Kai Bumpus, Kelly KirkpatrickPeet, Kristoffer Mejborn Eliasson, Leonardo Vechi, Liam Lefferts, Luiz Felipe Kormann, Lys Agnello, Max Moore, Nasse Williams, Nathan Lee, Nick Rowland, Phillip Ada, RecklessRobbie, Ryan Guth, Ryan Madden, SCSI_1, Shockwave109, Skye McLaren Walton, Stewart Green, Teb, Thomas Hill, Troy Gabriel, Vinícius Bellé  \nLars Bakke: Development & Production  \nJerod Bennett: Technology  \nGrace Cheung: Art  \nMatthew Colville: Writing & Design  \nAnna Coulter: Production & Operations  \nNick De Spain: Art & Art Outsource Management  \nJason Hasenauer: Art & Art Direction  \nJames Introcaso: RPG Line Developer  \nGoblin Minions  \nProduct Identity: The following items are hereby identified as Product Identity, as defined in the Open Game License version 1.0a, Section 1(e), and are not Open Content: All content which is not included in the Systems Reference Document version 5.1 or has otherwise been specifically designated as Open Game Content, including the lightbender, the overmind, the corpse collector, Lady Dazran, Lady Ulnock, Perigold Quickfingers, Queen Bargnot, rogabrin, synlirii, Vaurath, Vaurathi, Xorannox, and all Trademarks, registered trademarks, proper names (including the names of characters, place names, monsters, organizations, new spells, new abilities, etc.), dialogue, plots, story elements, locations, characters, artwork, graphics, sidebars, and trade dress.  \nFlee, Mortals! The MCDM Monster Book version 1.0 ©2022 MCDM Productions, LLC. All rights reserved.  \nPreface  \nBetter Monsters—that’s really what we should call this book.  \n—Matthew Colville  \nhen i first started working with MCdM as  \na freelancer in 2019, Matt shared with me his  \n W desire to make a creature book. At first, I simply  \nthought,“Cool. Another book of new mon  \nsters!” But I should’ve known better. This was MCDM, the company behind Strongholds & Followers, Kingdoms & Warfare, and The Illrigger. They took big swings.  \nIt didn’t take long for Matt to reveal his full idea—this wouldn’t just be any book with new creatures. This would bea book that could replace the one in the core game. It would offer new, more interesting takes on classic creatures and add originals into the mix. When I was hired full-time at MCDM, Matt and I spoke about how this book could bring back fun stuff from previous editions, like companions, minions, tougher dragons, and easier encounter-building rules. And we wanted more stat blocks for common foes like goblinsand humans.  \nThat’s what Flee, Mortals! The MCDM Monster Book will be: stuff we wish the core rules had, to be used in place of or right alongside your core rulebook.  \nThanks for joining us for this little preview. 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