D&D 5E Player's Handbook page quality

[variant]

So what are the pages like in everyone's Player's Handbook? Mine are wavy instead of flat, something I assume is from the thin paper quality combined with being soaked in wet ink. However, I wanted to see if this was normal. It left an indentation of the waves on the black paper in the back of the book from the pressure of having other books stacked on top of it.

 

[bogmad]

So what are the pages like in everyone's Player's Handbook? Mine are wavy instead of flat, something I assume is from the thin paper quality combined with being soaked in wet ink. However, I wanted to see if this was normal. It left an indentation of the waves on the black paper in the back of the book from the pressure of having other books stacked on top of it.

Yeah, I noticed that with mine when I picked it up at a midnight release. I was annoyed at first, but then I haven't noticed it at all until you just reminded me.
I haven't really had any complaints about the paper quality since then.

 

[ThirdWizard]

I have flat pages.

 

[Boarstorm]

All three of my copies are just fine.

 

[Abraxas]

Both my copies have wavy pages.

 

[MortalPlague]

My copy has pages that seem slightly wavy when the book is closed, but are pretty flat when it's opened. It hasn't been an issue.

 

[ThirdWizard]

My copy has pages that seem slightly wavy when the book is closed, but are pretty flat when it's opened. It hasn't been an issue.

After reading this I closed my book to take a look, and this is what mine is doing as well.

 

[cpendlet]

The pages in mine are flat (open or closed).

 

[Lawngnome4hire]

This is pretty normal, it should flatten out with age and wear.

 

[soulcatcher78]

Flat (both PHB and HotDQ).

HotDQ paper is much heavier which I like.