Monster Manual III is a rulebook published in September 2004 by Wizards of the Coast, for use with the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

We didn't want to give gamers a bunch of beasties they'd already seen, and we found several interesting monster niches to fill.

"[2] Monster Manual III was published in 2004, and was designed by Rich Burlew, Eric Cagle, Jesse Decker, Andrew J. Finch, Gwendolyn F.M.

Cover art was by Henry Higgenbotham, with interior art by Dave Allsop, David Bircham, Matt Cavotta, Wayne England, Emily Fiegenschuh, Rafa Garres, Ralph Horsley, Frazer Irving, Rom Lemen, Howard Lyon, Leslie Minnis, Dean Ormston, Lucio Parrillo, Steve Prescott, Vinod Rams, Adam Rex, Wayne Reynolds, Anne Stokes, Mark Tedin, Francis Tsai, Franz Vohwinkel, Anthony Waters, Jonathan Wayshak, Sam Wood, and James Zhang.

As is normal with Wizards of the Coast books, the art is routinely excellent, and the pages are well laid out and easy to follow.