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WLKES  \n## WIZARDS PRESENTS\"\n\n# WORLDS ANDMoNSTERS\n\n## CREDITS\n\nCompiler and Editor  \nJennifer Clarke Wilkes (Editor)  \nContributors  \nRichard Baker (Senior Game Designer)Logan Bonner (Game Designer)  \nand  \nwith  \nStacy Longstreet (Senior Art Director)Raven Mimura(Cover Illustrator)Rob Alexander (Concept Artist)Dave Allsop(Concept Artist)Christopher Burdett(Concept Artist)Adam Gillespie(Concept Artist)Lars Grant-West (Concept Artist)David Griffith (Concept Artist)William O'Connor (Concept Artist)  \nBruce R.Cordell(Advanced Game Designer)  \nRob Heinsoo(Mechanical Design Team Lead,Senior Game Designer)Gwendolyn Kestrel (Freelance Coordinator)  \nMike Mearls(Mechanical Development Team Lead,Advanced Game Developer)David Noonan(Game Designer)  \nStephen Radney-MacFarland(Associate Game Developer)Stephen Schubert(Game Developer)Chris Sims (Game Designer)Matthew Sernett(Game Designer)  \nRodney Thompson(Associate Game Designer)James Wyatt(Story Design Team Lead,Advanced Game Designer)  \nAndy Collins (System Design and Development Manager,Senior Game Developer)Christopher Perkins (Story Design and Development Manager,Senior Game Designer)Kim Mohan(Managing Editor)  \nBill Slavicsek(R&D Director,Roleplaying Games,Miniatures,Book Publishing)  \n620-21649740-001-EN  \nISBN:978-0-7869-4802-4  \n987654321  \nFirst Printing:January 2008  \nWIZARDS OF THE COAST  \nUS,CANADA,ASIA,PACIFIC.  \nEUROPEANHEADQUARTERS  \nHasbro UK Lid  \nCaswell Way  \nNewport.Gwent NP90YHGREAT BRITAIN  \nPlease keep this address for your records  \nDuNGEONS &DRAGoNs.D&D,d20,d20 System,WIZARDS OF THE CoAST,Player's Handbook,Dungeon Master's Guide.Monster Manual,D&DInsider.WizardsPresents all ther Wizards of the Coast product names,and their respective logos aretrademarks ofWizards of theCoast,Inc.,in the U.S.A.and other countries.  \nThis material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America.Any reproduction or unauthorizeduse of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of Wizards of theCoast,Inc.  \nThis product is a work of fiction.Any similarity to actual people.organizations,places.or events is purely coincidental.Printed in the U.S.A.02008 Wizardsof the Coast,Inc.  \nVisit our website at www.wizards.com/dnd  \nThomas Baxa (Interior Artist)Eric Deschamps (Interior Artist)Wayne England(Interior Artist)Brian Hagan(Interior Artist)Ralph Horsley (Interior Artist)Howard Lyon (Interior Artist)Jim Nelson (Interior Artist)Steve Prescott (Interior Artist)Wayne Reynolds (Interior Artist)Ron Spencer (Interior Artist)Arnie Swekel(Interior Artist)  \nThis WIZARDS OF THE CoAsTgame product contains no Open Game Content.No portion of this work may be reproduced in any form withoutwritten permission.To learn more about the Open Gaming License and the d20 System\"License,please visit www.wizards.com/d20.  \n&LATIN AMERICA  \nWizards of the Coast,Inc.  \nPO.Box 707  \nRenton WA 98057-0707  \n+1-800-324-6496  \nEmi Tanji(Graphic Designer)Erin Dorries  \n(Graphic Production Specialist)Sven Bolen (Image Technician)Shari Overbay,Cynda Callaway(Production Managers)  \nBELGIUM  \n'tHofveld 6D  \n1702 Groot-Bijgaarden  \nBelgium  \n+3224673360  \nCONTENTS  \nD&D and the Birth of a New Edition..6 Dragons…   ……    …  …26The Pandemonium Stone……  .61Born of Fire,Born of Ice…     …6The Dragon Gods…   …     …26The Keening Delve.…        …62The Process of Re-Creation…  …8Metallic Dragons…       …  …28Efreet,Elementals,and Evil,Oh My!...62Reassessing Monsters.…       …8Chromatic Dragons……  ………29The Abyss.…   …  …      …64\"I'd Like Some Flavor with My Rules\"....9Giants…               …32Birth of the Abyss…  …    …64How Many Monsters?…        …10Working Giants Over..…  …  …33Demons…      ……   ……65Building a New Monster Manual……11The Underdark……        34Demon Lords…    …     …65  \nThe Setting of D&D…     …12Underdark Denizens……        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