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<blockquote data-quote="gyor" data-source="post: 7886636" data-attributes="member: 6670153">Anyone who told you that size doesn't matter lied to you. You don't count the MM, PHB,&nbsp; and DMG because they are core books WotC has said will not get a sequel,&nbsp; so for the purpose of looking at release patterns,&nbsp; you ignore the core,&nbsp; they stand alone. No AP has ever been close to this big,&nbsp; not even close to it,&nbsp; there is no reason to make on this big. Only one type of book that is none core has this kind of size requirement and that is Campaign Settings. WotC doesn't make it's APs and Player/DM Options books that big,&nbsp; and there really no need from their perpective to do so,&nbsp; as there is no preset minimum for lore like a Campaign Setting Book does. WotC doesn't like it's books being any bigger then it has to be to fulfill it's function. There is no advantage to making an AP that big when they others sold well and it's not required for it's function. &nbsp;A Campaign Setting Guide however has hundreds of locations if not thousands to cover,&nbsp; key NPCs,&nbsp; game rules unique to the setting, religions of basic setting details, and because WotC isn't just targetting DMs Player rules. &nbsp;I mean WotC was able to create a full adventure and the Baldur's Gate Gazzetteer in one book using much less space then 330 to 345 pages.&nbsp;As for maps,&nbsp; WotC has repeated use the Swordcoast map a crazy amount of times,&nbsp; it means nothing at all. &quot;Across the Forgotten Realms&quot;, not across the Swordcoast,&nbsp; this is the key most important sentance in the description.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gyor, post: 7886636, member: 6670153"] Anyone who told you that size doesn't matter lied to you. You don't count the MM, PHB, and DMG because they are core books WotC has said will not get a sequel, so for the purpose of looking at release patterns, you ignore the core, they stand alone. No AP has ever been close to this big, not even close to it, there is no reason to make on this big. Only one type of book that is none core has this kind of size requirement and that is Campaign Settings. WotC doesn't make it's APs and Player/DM Options books that big, and there really no need from their perpective to do so, as there is no preset minimum for lore like a Campaign Setting Book does. WotC doesn't like it's books being any bigger then it has to be to fulfill it's function. There is no advantage to making an AP that big when they others sold well and it's not required for it's function. A Campaign Setting Guide however has hundreds of locations if not thousands to cover, key NPCs, game rules unique to the setting, religions of basic setting details, and because WotC isn't just targetting DMs Player rules. I mean WotC was able to create a full adventure and the Baldur's Gate Gazzetteer in one book using much less space then 330 to 345 pages. As for maps, WotC has repeated use the Swordcoast map a crazy amount of times, it means nothing at all. "Across the Forgotten Realms", not across the Swordcoast, this is the key most important sentance in the description. [/QUOTE]

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