Monsterbrew is now much easier to find — and to share. Every page has its own proper title and description, so links you paste into Discord or a group chat show what the page actually is instead of a generic blurb. SRD monster pages are now fully visible to search engines, each with its own title like “Aboleth – CR 10 Large Aberration”, so looking up a monster can land you straight on its statblock. The landing page also gained a short FAQ answering the most common questions about Monsterbrew.

Writing attacks and saving throws is now a one-click affair. Insert a full attack or saving throw line into any description and it shows up as live preview text, computed from your creature's stats. Click the line to adjust the attack kind, to-hit, reach, damage, and more in a small popup — the numbers recompute whenever the creature's ability scores or proficiency bonus change.

A mostly under-the-hood change to how these release notes are produced: entries are now written per change and stamped with their version number automatically when a release goes out. You can also see at a glance which version you're on — it's in the footer of every page, and clicking it brings you here.

Monsterbrew has a new look. The whole app now draws from one carefully tuned color palette.

Monsterbrew now has a direct line for your ideas and bug reports. A new “Send feedback” form in the footer lets you share thoughts in a couple of clicks — no account needed — and lands straight in our inbox. Prefer GitHub? A “Report a bug” link takes you right to the issue tracker.

A small fix for old links: the former My creatures page now sends you straight to the Library, where your saved creatures live today. Bookmarks and links from before the move keep working.

We switched our privacy-friendly analytics provider to Umami. As before, there are no cookies, no cross-site tracking, and no personal data collected — only anonymous, aggregated stats that help us understand how Monsterbrew is used. The Privacy page has been updated to match.

Homebrewery and PDF export return, now on the creature detail page. Open any saved creature and use the Export menu to hand off your statblock — as Homebrewery V3 markdown you can copy or download, or as a print-ready PDF styled like an official 2024 statblock.

The changelog page is easier to get around now. A sidebar lists every release, highlights the one you're reading as you scroll, and jumps you straight to any version when you click it.

Saved creatures from before the 3.0 rebuild now upgrade to the current format automatically the first time you open the app — no more per-creature migrate prompt or “Legacy” badges. With every creature on one model, the transitional legacy editor has been retired.

An under-the-hood change to how Monsterbrew loads and saves your creatures. The library and editor now share a single cached data layer, so pages stay in sync and refresh instantly after you save, duplicate, or delete a creature.

The Defense section can now capture the classic “resistant or immune to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons” defenses — including the non-silvered variant — and they show up in the statblock automatically.

Action and trait descriptions now speak 5eTools' {@…} tag markup natively. Attack bonuses, save DCs, and damage can be linked to a creature's ability scores so they recompute automatically as you tweak stats — and imported bestiary text renders without any conversion. Every description field gets an Insert menu with a live preview.

The full D&D 2024 SRD bestiary is now built in. Browse and filter the official monsters right inside the library, open any one to view its statblock, and copy it into the editor as a starting point for your own homebrew.

Your saved creatures now live in a redesigned, filterable library that replaces the old table. Search and filter your collection at a glance, with a toggle to switch between your creatures and other sources.

Under-the-hood build tooling upgrade to Vite 8 (with the Rolldown bundler). No visible changes — just a faster, more modern build pipeline that keeps Monsterbrew on solid footing.

A behind-the-scenes fix to the build configuration so production builds output cleanly through Nitro. No user-facing changes.

Monsterbrew now runs on TanStack Start. It's a mostly under-the-hood change that sets up a faster, more resilient app: the marketing pages are server-rendered for better SEO and in-app navigation is snappier. Your saved creatures and the editor keep working exactly as before.

Reorganized the main pages and gave the site footer a fresh rebuild.

The biggest release yet. Monsterbrew has been rebuilt around a new monster model and a redesigned, section-based editor, with a live statblock preview and custom-value overrides. Your existing creatures can be migrated per-creature from the library, and the previous editor stays available at /legacy-editor during the transition.

Presets are now available to use for traits, actions, and legendary actions! You can apply a preset when you add a new trait or action. Markdown is also made available in the description fields. More info on this will follow soon.

Minor UI improvements for number inputs and accessibility.

Version 2.0 of Monsterbrew is finally here. It's been almost a year since the last update! This version brings a complete UI overhaul and improved creature creating! The biggest change is the live form updating. Besides this feature, there are a ton of other improvements as well.