Heroes are defined by their foes—from disturbed skeletons to fearsome dragons, each enemy leaves a mark on their unfolding legendary tale. Make your legends unforgettable with the enemies from the new Pathfinder Monster Core rulebook for Pathfinder Second Edition!

This 376-page hardcover book is filled with a variety of monsters useful for all Pathfinder campaigns, providing the Game Master with plenty of threats to challenge adventurous players, regardless of their experience level. This edited volume also includes guidelines for reading monster entries and customizing existing monsters to fit your story!

The Pathfinder Monster Core includes:

• Over 400 individual monster entries, ranging from common animals like wolves and bears to terrifying supernatural foes like the rune giant or the mechanized reaper!
• Eight brand-new dragons to challenge your players, such as the luck dragon that craves power, the unmatched adamantine dragon, the malicious phenomenon dragon, and more!
• Classic monsters based on mythology, such as the Minotaur and Medusa, as well as creatures from the Lost Omens lore, including favorites like the evil sinspawn and unpredictable proteans.
• Simplified templates that allow you to customize a monster, making it more or less powerful with a few simple modifications.
• Guidelines for reading and using a monster's statistics, ensuring you make the most out of a creature both in and out of combat.
• Lists of creatures sorted by type and level, making it easy to find the monster you need when you need it.
• Fully integrated errata from the first 4 years of Pathfinder Second Edition, including new balance settings to ensure that every creature offers an exciting challenge tailored to the players' level!
• Thousands of beautiful full-color creature illustrations!
• Published under the new Open RPG Creative (ORC) license, offering players and Game Masters even more freedom to create their own works based on Pathfinder Second Edition.

This sketch-covered volume features a beautiful image of the original pencil artwork for the cover of Pathfinder Monster Core by renowned artist Wayne Reynolds.