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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Jacobs" data-source="post: 3192817" data-attributes="member: 23937">That format actually ended up taking more room than the new stat blocks, especially for higher level adventures, where listing all the auras for magical items was taking up WAY too much real estate. They were also obnoxiously difficult and time consuming to generate (again, especially at high level). All to support one of the most minor (and arguably least fun) aspects of the game; determining what kind of auras are in the room with a detect magic doesn't really add much to the adventure.In one of the last adventures we were going to use this format in, by cutting out this redundant minutia we actually regained about two pages, which went right back in to supporting adventure content.As for the new stat block, it actually doesn't take up much more room than the old one did. Ironically, for larger stat blocks, they take up about the same room. They're only noticeably longer (and even then, not by much) for low-level foes. And since they're easier to read and easier to find, they're here to stay (at least as far as Dungeon is concerned).</blockquote>