Has anyone cross-referenced the list of in-game monsters to make a category or otherwise determine which ones are not in any manuals yet? I don't mean bugged entries, but entire types that we might look forward to getting in future. (Vampire springs to mind as an increasingly-egregious example.)
I'm willing to do it myself but don't want to duplicate work if it's already done (or would be easily automated with DPL magic).
Hello! As
@The Blonde has mentioned above, I collated a list of monster types with no MM entry back in early 2024.
It's probably just worth noting that a few new monsters have been added to the game since I originally wrote that list: the
Carrion Crawler (6 monsters),
Hydra (3 monsters),
Naga (10 monsters) and
Imp (2 monsters) have all been added in the last year. Using the rating system from the original thread I'd probably rate the Carrion Crawler and Naga at a
2 (they both have a few valid types, but they're still largely confined to one expansion, although members of both have appeared outside of it) and Imp and Hydra at a
1 (both only have two monsters that spawn outside of limited-time events, Imps are confined to Myth Drannor and the only permanent Hydras in the game are the raid boss of Den of Vipers and its heads.)
I'd also probably bump Nothic, Crocodile, Otyugh, Helmed Horror, Ice Elemental, Unicorn, Vrock and maybe Balor up a point since the 2024 list, as those races have all had new members added since I originally rated them.
