Dungeons & Dragons Spellbook Cards: Monsters 0-5 (D&D Accessory)
Quickly organize the creatures your players might meet in your next game and avoid disruption during that critical encounter. Monster Cards are a fantastic way to keep the game moving, as well as to provide a challenge to adventurers both new and experienced.
- Contains 179 durable, laminated cards for a range of deadly monsters from the D&D Monster Manual with a challenge rating from 0 - 5.
- Up-to-date game statistics provided on one side, and evocative art of the item on the other.
- The perfect tool to help Dungeon Masters manage and reference their menagerie during play.
Reviews (157)
NO ANIMALS/BEASTS! Not for wild shape!
NO ANIMALS/BEASTS! If you want to get this for reference for WILD SHAPE forms or animals for Conjure Animals, DON'T!
Missing (CR 0-05) monsters from “ 5e Monster Manual”
Pro: Decent quality, text is legible IMO, design is good Con: While I didn’t expect this set to include all (CR 0-5) monsters from every supplement I did expect all the 5e (CR 0-5) monsters from the 5e Monster Manual to be included. You have to manually search for deck to see ones that the set includes too since there’s no “included monster” list either.
Really great, though missing some cards
I absolutely love these and they make it so much easier to run the game at the table without having to have the monster manual or an app open. Each card shows all the stats found for each Monster Manual entry, with some of the stats simplified to fit on the cards (for example, only modifiers---not ability scores---are shown. My biggest complaint is the lack of animal cards, which would be super useful for druids, and NPCs like commoners, thugs, veterans, etc. There are also some cards missing, such as dragon wyrmlings and unicorns, inexplicably. Keep in mind when you buy these that they aren't all normal card sizes. Some are wider to fit all the information explained on them.
Hey nice artwork...missing anything?
As you can see from the photo, WotC cheaped out and sent another unfinished product (4 cards with no artwork). Typical of their recent work.
Not worth it; cards missing art
Well, here’s another GF9 product that’s misleading with its description. When I buy something advertised as having card art, I expect the cards to have art. This set isn’t as bad as some they’ve put out, but they couldn’t come up with a picture for a mummy lord? In keeping with the tradition of the Magic Item Cards and NPC cards, GF9 seems content to put out sub par products. You can find far better creature cards from Animated Spellbook, Nord Games, or many on Drive Thru RPG. Very disappointed.
Missing: Beholder Zombie, Medusa, and the Adult Dracolich.
I love Gale Force 9's Monster Cards and have all the sets now. I'm giving this set a 1 star though as I'm missing several stat cards I was looking forward to getting. Namely: -Beholder Zombie -Medusa -Adult Dracolich The addition of these would have brought the set to an even 80, and there exclusion leaves me very dissapointed that I will not have all the monsters at my fingertips as I set out to do when I started buying these cards. Great cards but missing those 3 really takes the luster out of an otherwise Gem.
Oversized Cards, some missing art, could be better.
These cards are great for their intended purpose. However WotC has decided that having cards that are already an annoying 2 different sizes wasnt enough that they had to add a 3rd size. These cards are basically 4 7/8" square, so the only sleeves they fit into are the 5" x 7" 2 pocket photo pages. WotC also couldnt be bothered to put artwork on every card either, guess it was to difficult to get artwork for Creatures and monsters that they most likely have already..
Great product with a few drawbacks.
I love the idea and execution. I am disappointed with how many monsters/creatures/NPCs are missing. It's also frustrating to have the cards be different sizes. Makes it difficult to alphabetize them together rather than in two separate stacks.
Great value, what you need as a Gamemaster at your finger tips
I have been GMing for over 45 years now, and I used to make my own handy cards on 3x5 and 5x8 cards. These sturdy cards have all the information that I need and more. (Please see the enclosed pictures.) One side has a picture of the critter in question, and the other side has all the information that you could want to plan fun encounters. The cards are colorful and plastic coated. These will survive a "soft drink apocalypse" at the gaming table. I love these, and I wish that they had been around 40 years earlier.
Great Set, though Misleading.
NOTE: I Copied and Pasted my Review from "Dungeons & Dragons Spellbook Cards: Monsters 6-16 (D&D Accessory) below. I felt the same review could apply for both, so I'm dropping it below. Will fix relevant information. PROS Quality: Top Notch. Not only do the cards have all the essential information, but the artwork is great, mostly pulled from the MM if I'm not mistaken and maybe some other sources. I started collecting the Class Cards last year and the quality compared to those are the same. Price: Price seems to be in line with all the other sets I've purchased in the past. I will admit that buying multiple or even all sets at once can be costly. I made a habit of simply adding a deck or two to my usual Amazon Orders and it was far less impact-full on my wallet. After a few months I had my whole collection. Usage: The main reason to buy these is convenience. As a DM, while building my encounters, I would create index cards to copy my creature/ncp information on so that I could have them handy instead of flipping through books to find relevant information. These cards not only eliminate the need for that, they also provide a visual aid for players to go along with your verbal description of creatures if you need. This will save me many hours over the years to come! CONS: Card Size: In hindsight, it should have been obvious top me, but it wasn't made very clear that you'd be provided with different size cards: 2.5" x 3.5" and 3" x 5". Some of the monsters have many actions that require the extra space to include. If you plan to organize these cards with sheet protectors, please note you'll need both the 9 Card Sheets and 4 Card Sheets in tandem. This unfortunately also causes you to have organizing issues. I had to separate my cards into two groups based on the card size, and then alphabetically. This is minor, but still bugs me sometimes when looking for a specific creature and I'm not sure whether it will be in the small deck or the large deck. Monsters and NPC's: As others have stated, there appear to be cards "missing" since there are several popular creatures not included in the deck. I agree that the description here can be misleading, as I too thought ALL monsters in the 0-5 Range would be included but they are not. With a bit of research, you can see that the manufacturer has created two other decks (not yet released) that should fill out these gaps. "Creature and NPC Cards" and "Epic Monsters" appear to me to have the remaining monsters needed to complete your monsters from both the PH and MM, assuming you have "Monsters 6-16" and along with this set "Monsters 0-5" already. Overall, I feel this set was well worth the price. The quality is here, and the added convenience is a guaranteed time saver. Though the description is misleading, definitely look into these if you have a real need for them. You won't regret it.
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