Monster recognition guide?

[Tanarii]

Something I often have problems with new players is them visualizing the difference between orcs, goblins, hobgoblins, and even kobolds, bugbears and gnolls.

Anyone know of a good picture reference guide for these things? Ideally I'd like a simple one page image or document with pictures and names for the most common monster humanoids, maybe a few other starter common non-humanoid monsters. And my Google fu has failed me (as usual). So appealing to the GitP brain trust.

If no one knows of anything like that, I guess I'll just have to stop being lazy and build one tomorrow. ;)

[MeeposFire]

Something I often have problems with new players is them visualizing the difference between orcs, goblins, hobgoblins, and even kobolds, bugbears and gnolls.

Anyone know of a good picture reference guide for these things? Ideally I'd like a simple one page image or document with pictures and names for the most common monster humanoids, maybe a few other starter common non-humanoid monsters. And my Google fu has failed me (as usual). So appealing to the GitP brain trust.

If no one knows of anything like that, I guess I'll just have to stop being lazy and build one tomorrow. ;)

Any reason you cannot just google your favorite picture of each race (you can just google the 5e versions if you like) and just print them and put them into a 3 ring binder similar to the first set of 2e Monstrous Compendiums? Seems like a cheap and easy answer.

[Tanarii]

Any reason you cannot just google your favorite picture of each race (you can just google the 5e versions if you like) and just print them and put them into a 3 ring binder similar to the first set of 2e Monstrous Compendiums? Seems like a cheap and easy answer.

That's the plan. I was just hoping someone knew of a picture guide and could save me the time. :smallbiggrin:

[MeeposFire]

That's the plan. I was just hoping someone knew of a picture guide and could save me the time. :smallbiggrin:

Actually why not buy an old monster manual from an edition of D&D you are not playing? I assume the reason you are not using the 5e book directly is that you do not want them to see the stats of what they face but if you use a 4e, 3e, AD&D 1/2, or even the Rulescyclopedia (if you can get one) can get you what you want without the work.

I imagine you can find a 3e, 3.5, 4e one for cheap.

[Unoriginal]

Something I often have problems with new players is them visualizing the difference between orcs, goblins, hobgoblins, and even kobolds, bugbears and gnolls.

Anyone know of a good picture reference guide for these things? Ideally I'd like a simple one page image or document with pictures and names for the most common monster humanoids, maybe a few other starter common non-humanoid monsters. And my Google fu has failed me (as usual). So appealing to the GitP brain trust.

If no one knows of anything like that, I guess I'll just have to stop being lazy and build one tomorrow. ;)

Here you go, I quickly edited that together (posted on /tg/ for convenience's sake).

http://i.4cdn.org/tg/1509015849323.png

I tried to give them all their actual size compared to each other, it's more or less accurate.

Suppose I could add others if needed, like the Ogre.

[PhoenixPhyre]

Here you go, I quickly edited that together (posted on /tg/ for convenience's sake).

http://i.4cdn.org/tg/1509015849323.png

I tried to give them all their actual size compared to each other, it's more or less accurate.

Suppose I could add others if needed, like the Ogre.

The image seems to be broken, at least for me.

[Unoriginal]

What about this one?

https://78.media.tumblr.com/9f92708ff7591976cd7d76aa0cacb521/tumblr_oyfutuDr211s8fftuo1_1280.png

I'm wondering if the Bugbear is maybe too small. I mean, he's basically as tall as the hobgoblin while not standing upright, but it might be too small (there is a big margin between Medium and Large, after all).

[PhoenixPhyre]

What about this one?

https://78.media.tumblr.com/9f92708ff7591976cd7d76aa0cacb521/tumblr_oyfutuDr211s8fftuo1_1280.png

I'm wondering if the Bugbear is maybe too small. I mean, he's basically as tall as the hobgoblin while not standing upright, but it might be too small (there is a big margin between Medium and Large, after all).

That one works (eventually). I'd be wary of making too much distinction between heights--those size categories are awfully loose. A giant snake and a dire wolf are both large, but their proportions are super different. It's probably fine.

[Tanarii]

What about this one?

https://78.media.tumblr.com/9f92708ff7591976cd7d76aa0cacb521/tumblr_oyfutuDr211s8fftuo1_1280.png

I'm wondering if the Bugbear is maybe too small. I mean, he's basically as tall as the hobgoblin while not standing upright, but it might be too small (there is a big margin between Medium and Large, after all).awesome! Thanks very much. That's exactly what I was thinking.

[Kuulvheysoon]

What about this one?

https://78.media.tumblr.com/9f92708ff7591976cd7d76aa0cacb521/tumblr_oyfutuDr211s8fftuo1_1280.png

I'm wondering if the Bugbear is maybe too small. I mean, he's basically as tall as the hobgoblin while not standing upright, but it might be too small (there is a big margin between Medium and Large, after all).

Aren't bugbears Medium (with Powerful Build) this edition? In that case, you're probably closer than you think to the correct size here.

[mephnick]

I've always wanted to make one of these with codified information I give to players with certain passive knowledge scores.

But large projects that only serve a small portion of the game that no one else probably cares about are left to early 20's me of the past.