Volo's Guide To Monsters: Can Monster Lairs Be Placed Into SKT Campaign?

Hi,

If our group purchase Volo's Guide on Roll20, will we be able to put the monster lairs into our Storm King's Thunder campaign? I recognise that we'll be able to drag and drop everything else in there but being able to easily add the lairs in might be a clincher for us.

Cheers,

John

Also: make Out of the Abyss and Curse of Strahd and every upcoming adventure in the same format as SKT nownownowgogogogogo work harder you tinkers work harder it's awesome and the future of RPG gamping, etc. etc.

https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/4137256/volos-gu...

I think you will be able to add the lairs to SKT, based on the posts in this thread.

In particular:

Kristin C. said:
If your campaign has the 5E Compendium attached to your campaign, then you'll automatically have access to Volo's content after purchase. With the exception of the seven lair maps, all of the book's content is in the Compendium. When you purchase this item, it unlocks readability of that part of 5th Edition Compendium.

The beast lair pages we're setting up a different method to let you essentially transmogrify them into your campaign without being a Pro user.

Thanks very much for  this folks :)

Hi,

If i purchase Volo's guide it unlocks the creatures in the compendium. Will I be able to drag and drop those creatures onto the Shaped 5e sheet the same way I can with the existing creatures?

Slightly off topic but along the same vain, if I purchase Storm King's Thunder can I then Transmog mobs from that into other games I create?

Thanks

For the second part of your question, definitely yes.  You can Transmogrify creatures from a Game created with the SKT Module into any other campaign you have.

For the first part, I've not tired it yet, but it should work.  You might ask on the Character Sheet thread to be certain, or I'll give it a try tonight and post back.

I went ahead and checked.  If you create a Character in a Game with the Shaped Sheet, mark it as an NPC and drag the monster from the compendium onto it (I tried the Annis Hag), it imports just fine.

Thanks Aaron.

I tried it too, now bought Volo's. It takes the stats but i seem to lose the token and bio image and all the bio info each time. That's a shame. I guess it might be time to switch to OGL for the sake of saving some man hours.

I read there are 200 stated tokens in storm kings thunder. I assume that is a reasonable chunk of the monster manual and not 150 NPCs? I wonder if they will add the mobs in SKT to the compendium in the same manner as Volo's Guide. It would seem a logical way to go, having gated compendium content opened up by purchasing products containing that content, rather than needing to keep transmoging it from another game.

Also, dear Roll20, please add Curse Of Strahd to Roll20 :-) 

Characters in SKT (264):

Aarakocra, Aarakocra Simulacra, Abominable Yeti, Acolyte, Adult Blue Dragon, Adult Bronze Dragon, Adult Silver Dragon, Adult White Dragon, Air Elemental, Air Elemental with coins, Alastrah, Ancient Green Dragon, Ancient Red Dragon, Ancient White Dragon, Animated Armor, Archmage, Assassin, Augrek Brighthelm, Awakened Shrub, Awakened Tree, Axe Beak, Axe of Mirabar Soldier, Bandit, Bandit Captain, Beldora, Berserker, Black Bear, Black Pudding, Blood Hawk, Boar, Braxow, Brown Bear, Bugbear, Bulette, Cambion, Cat, Centaur, Chief Guh, Chief Kartha-Kaya, Chimera, Cinderhild, Claugiyliamatar, Clockwork Mule, Cloud Giant, Cog, Commoner, Couatl, Count Thullen, Countess Sansuri, Crag Cat, Cressaro, Cryovain, Cult Fanatic, Cultist, Darathra Shendrel, Darz Helgar, Death Dog, Dire Wolf, Doppelganger, Draft Horse, Drow Elite Warrior, Drow Mage, Druid, Dryad, Duchess Brimskarda, Duke Zalto, Duvessa Shane, Earth Elemental, Eigeron's Ghost, Elister, Elk, Ettin, Felbarren Dwarf, Felgolos, Fire Elemental, Fire Giant, Flying Snake, Flying Sword, Frost Giant, Gargoyle, Ghelryn Foehammer, Ghost, Giant Boar, Giant Crab, Giant Elk, Giant Goat, Giant Owl, Giant Poisonous Snake, Giant Rat, Giant Raven, Giant Shark, Giant Spider, Giant Vulture, Gladiator, Goat, Goblin, Goblin Boss, Great Chief Halric Bonesnapper, Griffon, Guard, Half-Ogre, Harpy, Harshnag, Hell Hound, Hellenhild, Helmed Horror, Hill Giant, Hippogriff, Hobgoblin, Hobgoblin Captain, Hobgoblin Warlord, Huge Stone Golem, Hulking Crab, Hunter Shark, Hydia Moonmusk, Ice Mephit, Ice Spider, Ice Spider Queen, Imp, Imperator Uthor, Invisible Stalker, Iron Golem, Isendraug, Iymrith, Jarl Storvald, Jasper Dimmerchasm, Kaaltar, Kella Darkhope, Khaspere Drylund, Killer Whale, King Hekaton, Klauth, Knight, Knight of the Mithral Shield, Lifferlas, Lords' Alliance Shield Dwarf, Maegera the Dawn Titan, Mage, Magma Mephit, Magmin, Manticore, Markham Southwell, Mastiff, Merrow, Miros Xelbrin, Mirran, Moog, Morak Ur’gray, Mule, Mummy Lord, Narbeck Horn, Narth Tezrin, Naxene Drathkala, Nimir, Noble, Noori, Nym, Octopus, Ogre, Ogres with Goblin Huckers, Oni, Orc, Orc Eye of Gruumsh, Orc War Chief, Oren Yogilvy, Orlekto, Orog, Orok, Othovir, Otyugh, Piercer, Pig, Polar Bear, Pony, Pow Ming, Priest, Purple Wormling, Remorhaz, Riding Horse, Roc, Rool, Roper, Rug of Smothering, Rust Monster, Salamander, Satyr, Scout, Sea Elves, Serissa, Shadow Demon, Shaldoor, Shalvus Martholio, Sharda, Sheep, Shield Dwarf Guard, Shield Dwarf Noble, Shield Guardian, Silver Dragon Wyrmling, Sir Baric Nylef, Sirac of Suzail, Skeleton, Slarkrethel, Smoke Mephit, Specter, Sprite, Spy, Steam Mephit, Stone Giant, Stone Giant Statue, Stone Giant of Deadstone Cleft, Stone Golem, Storm Giant, Succubus, Swarm of Insects (Spiders), Tartha, Tau, Thane Kayalithica, The Weevil, Tholtz Daggerdark, Thug, Thunderbeast Skeleton, Treant, Tressym, Tribal Warrior, Troll, Tug, Turlang, Urgala Meltimer, Uthgardt Barbarian Leader, Uthgardt Shaman, Vaal, Vaasha, Vampire, Veteran, Warhorse, Warhorse Skeleton, Water Elemental, Werewolf, White Dragon Wyrmling, Wight, Winter Wolf, Wiri Feagol, Wolf, Wood Elves, Worg, Wyvern, Xolkin Alassandar, Yak, Yakfolk Priest, Yakfolk Warrior, Yeti, Young Brass Dragon, Young Cloud Giant, Young Copper Dragon, Young Green Dragon, Young Remorhaz, Young Silver Dragon, Yuan-ti Malison Type 1, Yuan-ti Malison Type 2, Yuan-ti Malison Type 3, Yuan-ti Pureblood, Zaltember, Zephyros, Zi Liang

Wow, thanks Aaron,

That's quite a list. Taking a look it seems the below are not already in the basic compendium plus Volo's. A fair number of NPCs but lots of mobs too. 

Aarakocra, Aarakocra Simulacra, Abominable Yeti, Air Elemental with coins, Alastrah, Augrek Brighthelm, Axe of Mirabar Soldier, Beldora, Braxow, Cambion, Chief Guh, Chief Kartha-Kaya, Cinderhild, Claugiyliamatar, Clockwork Mule, Cog, Count Thullen, Countess Sansuri, Crag Cat, Cressaro, Cryovain, Darathra Shendrel, Darz Helgar, Drow Elite Warrior, Drow Mage, Duchess Brimskarda, Duke Zalto, Duvessa Shane, Eigeron's Ghost, Elister, Felbarren Dwarf, Felgolos, Ghelryn Foehammer, Giant Raven, Goblin Boss, Great Chief Halric Bonesnapper, Half-Ogre, Harshnag, Hellenhild, Helmed Horror, Hobgoblin Captain, Hobgoblin Warlord, Huge Stone Golem, Hulking Crab, Hydia Moonmusk, Ice Spider, Ice Spider Queen, Imperator Uthor, Isendraug, Iymrith, Jarl Storvald, Jasper Dimmerchasm, Kaaltar, Kella Darkhope, Khaspere Drylund, King Hekaton, Klauth, Knight of the Mithral Shield, Lifferlas, Lords' Alliance Shield Dwarf, Maegera the Dawn Titan, Markham Southwell, Miros Xelbrin, Mirran, Moog, Morak Ur’gray, Narbeck Horn, Narth Tezrin, Naxene Drathkala, Nimir, Noori, Nym, Ogres with Goblin Huckers, Orc Eye of Gruumsh, Orc War Chief, Oren Yogilvy, Orlekto, Orog, Orok, Othovir, Piercer, Pow Ming, Purple Wormling, Rool, Sea Elves, Serissa, Shadow Demon, Shaldoor, Shalvus Martholio, Sharda, Sheep, Shield Dwarf Guard, Shield Dwarf Noble, Sir Baric Nylef, Sirac of Suzail, Slarkrethel, Smoke Mephit, Stone Giant Statue, Stone Giant of Deadstone Cleft, Tartha, Tau, Thane Kayalithica, The Weevil, Tholtz Daggerdark, Thunderbeast Skeleton, Tressym, Tug, Turlang, Urgala Meltimer, Uthgardt Barbarian Leader, Uthgardt Shaman, Vaal, Vaasha, Wiri Feagol, Wood Elves, Xolkin Alassandar, Yak, Yakfolk Priest, Yakfolk Warrior, Yeti, Young Cloud Giant, Young Remorhaz, Yuan-ti Malison Type 1, Yuan-ti Malison Type 2, Yuan-ti Malison Type 3, Yuan-ti Pureblood, Zaltember, Zephyros, Zi Liang

I should note, this "Transmogrify as not a Pro User" feature did not make it to launch, but it is very close. Once it's available we'll be going back and adding it retroactively for Volo's Guide. But for now you have to be either a Pro user to Transmogrify or you have to use the Lair Maps in a new game.

I will update this thread when the new feature is available, it should be in about 2 weeks or less. I just don't want anyone buying it based on that if that's the clinching factor.

I really appreciate the openness here. I really should just get a damned Pro account to support Roll20 but money is tight and I'd rather throw my money at the ridiculously good D&D content you're putting out.