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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5071599" data-attributes="member: 22424">This is a step in the right direction. Especially as they move from the monsters "everyone knows" such as orcs and dragons, there will be more of a need to explain what the various monsters are.Of course, a lot will depend on quality: bad fluff is worse than no fluff at all, as it takes up space that could have been better used.By that logic, 4e is an unmitigated failure, because it doesn't cater to me. WotC cannot design books just for you, or for me. They have to try to design the books that the majority of the customer base want. And if the majority of their feedback suggests that people want more fluff, then that's what they should do (or at least try).And, frankly, the lack of fluff in the 4e MM is awful (IMO). Coupled with the amount of whitespace and the large font size, it is almost inexcusable - they had all that space available, and decided to waste it instead of providing (potentially new) DMs with information that they could use to bring life to their monsters? It's probably the biggest mistake they made in putting together 4e.</blockquote>