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role·playingaids.It is the ideal vehicle of lgination for intemediate throughadvanced players anderees,ages 10 and up.方TSR,Inc.Products OI Your Imaginatlon'ADVANCED DINGEONSE DRAGONS,ADCD and PRODICTS OFYOUR IMAGINATION  \nby Gary Gygax  \nare trademarks owned by TSR,Inc.  \nTSR,Inc.  \nPOB 756  \nLake Geneva,  \nWI 53147  \nAdvanced  \n# MONSTER MANUALI\n\nAn alphabetical listing of monsters found in ADVANCED DUNGEONS &DRAGONS®adventures,including attacks,damage,special abilities,descriptions,and random encounter tables.  \nby Gary Gygax  \nTSR,Inc.  \nTSR (UK)Ltd.  \nThe Mill,Rathmore Road  \nCambridge CB14AD  \nUnited Kingdom  \nDistributed to the book trade in the United States by Random House,Ine.,and in Canada by Random House of Canada,Ltd.Distributed to the toy and hobby trade by regional distributors.Distributed in the United Kingdom by TSR (UK)Ltd.  \n@1983 TSR,Inc.All Rights Reserved.  \nISBN O-88038-031-4  \n394-53419-OTSR1200  \nProject Coordinator:Marlene WeigelDesign Consultant:Jeff GrubbCover Artist:Jeff Easley  \nInteriorArtists:Jim Holloway,Harry Quinn,Dave Sutherland,Larry Elmore  \nADVANCED DUNGEONS &DRAGONS and DRAGON are registered trademarks owned by TSR,Inc.  \nThismodule isprotected under the copyrightlaws of the United States ofAmerica.Any reproduction orunauthorized use ofthe material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of TSR,Inc.  \nTable of Contents  \nPage  \nPreface.........................4Acknowledgements...….…     ..4How To Use This Book................5Monsters from A-Z.................8Random Encounter Tables.....  ...133Index .............................156)  \nafter this will depend by and large upon what suggestions we receivefrom players.  \nMy sincere gratitude is extended to Frank Mentzer and to FrancolsMarcela-Froideval for their valuable assistance.Thanks are also due tothe editors and artists and the rest of the crew at TSR who put thistogether with so much carel  \nE.Gary GygaxOctober 1982  \nAcknowledgementsDavld Cook,Francois Marcela-Froideval,Jeff Grubb,Luke Gygax,AllenHemmack,Tracy Hickman.Harold Johnson,Vera Jane Koffler,LenardLakofka,Brian Pitzer,Mike Price.Paul Reiche,Jim Sandt,LawrenceSchick,David C Sutherland Ⅲ  \nOur special thanks to the following people.  \n# How To Use This Book\n\nThe term \"monster\"has two different meanings in this work.Thefirst—and more important—meaning is to designate any creatureencountered,human,humanoid,or beast,and whether hostile or not.Thus the term is used generically;until the party of adventurers iscertain about what they have met,itis a \"monster.\"The secondary useof the term is the more traditional one—to signify a wicked or horriblecreature of some sort.Advanced Dungeons &Dragons®players willalmost certainly be familiar with these two uses of the word already;those who are newcomers may find them a little confusing at first,butexperience will soon determine which of the two uses of the word isappropriate 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