Heroes are defined by their foes—and with the Pathfinder Monster Core Pocket Edition, you can make those legends truly memorable! This essential rulebook for Pathfinder Second Edition is packed with a monstrous array of creatures, ready to leave their mark on your players' growing sagas.

This comprehensive 376-page softcover book (the same amazing content as the standard edition, just more portable and budget-friendly!) is brimming with a wide range of monsters perfect for all Pathfinder campaigns. You'll have plenty of thrilling threats to throw at your adventurers, no matter their level of experience. This lavishly illustrated tome also includes clear guidelines for reading monster entries and even adjusting existing monsters to perfectly tailor them to your unique story! This is truly the definitive resource for Pathfinder Second Edition monsters.

Pathfinder Monster Core Pocket Edition is the third core rulebook for the fully remastered Pathfinder Second Edition RPG. These rules are fully compatible with previous Pathfinder Second Edition rulebooks, incorporating comprehensive errata and rules updates and some of the best additions from later books into new, easier-to-access volumes with new presentations inspired by years of player feedback. Along with the Player Core, GM Core, and Player Core 2, these books provide a solid new foundation for the future of tabletop gaming!

Inside, you'll find:

• Over 400 individual monster writeups, including everything from common animals like wolves and bears, to truly terrifying supernatural foes such as the mighty rune giant or even the grim reaper!

• Eight brand-new dragons designed to challenge your players, including the power-hungry fortune dragon, the peerless adamantine dragon, the mischievous mirage dragon, the fiendish diabolic dragon, and more!

• Classic monsters drawn from mythology, like the minotaur and the medusa, as well as captivating creatures drawn from the legends of the Lost Omens setting, including favorites like the wicked sinspawn and unpredictable proteans.

• Simple templates that allow you to quickly customize a monster, making it more or less powerful with just a few adjustments.

• Clear guidelines for reading and using monster statistics, ensuring you get the most out of every creature both in and out of combat.

• Handy lists of creatures sorted by both type and level, making it easy to find the monster you need exactly when you need it.

• Fully integrated errata from the first 4 years of Pathfinder Second Edition, including new balance adjustments to ensure that every creature presents a thrilling, level-appropriate challenge!

• Hundreds of beautiful full-color creature illustrations to inspire your storytelling!

• Published under the new Open RPG Creative (ORC) license, giving players and Game Masters even more freedom for making their own creations based on Pathfinder Second Edition.