Now Evin and his friends aren’t the only ones who will benefit from the wisdom of the Practical Guide to Monsters in their monster encounters. We now have a new, game-legal magic item, based on the guidebook, to help you conquer the monsters of your own D&D adventures!

The next time your character is shopping in town, consider picking one up. And while you’re there, don’t forget a copy of Monster Slayers so you can find out why KA Applegate, author of Animorphs and Remnants called it: "Scary, funny, surprising—Monster Slayers is a wild, hold-on-tight thrill ride."

A Practical Guide to Monsters

Level 5

This slim tome collects the wisdom of centuries of monster slayers, lending you invaluable insight into the creatures you face in battle.

Wondrous Item 1,000 gp
Property: You gain a +5 item bonus to all monster knowledge checks.

Power (Daily): Minor Action. Choose one of the following monster categories. Gain the benefit indicated for that category until the end of the encounter.
Creepy Crawlers: If you hit an enemy when you have combat advantage against that creature, the enemy falls prone.
Flying Fiends: You gain a +2 bonus to AC against flying creatures.
Viperous Villains: You gain resist 10 poison.
Sneaky Shapeshifters: You gain a +5 bonus to saving throws and Endurance checks against disease.
Gruesome Goblinoids: When you hit a goblin, it can’t shift until the end of your next turn.
Mammoth Monsters: You gain a +2 bonus to AC against Large or larger creatures.
Unsightly Undead: When you hit with a melee attack, you deal 2 extra radiant damage.
Awful Aberrations: You gain resist 10 psychic.
Otherworldly Outsiders: You gain resist 10 against a damage type chosen from this list: acid, cold, fire, lightning, psychic, or thunder.