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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tormyr" data-source="post: 6382807" data-attributes="member: 6776887">The PHB and DMG are 320 pages.  The MM was 320 pages until it was increased by 32 pages to 352 pages.  HotDQ and RoT are 96 pages each.  Either their binding process uses a common 32 page signature which is then folded and cut into a block of pages, or someone at WotC has a fetish with the number 32. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />EDIT: So now that I have more time to post, if the additional content adds 1 page, then it adds 32.  One would normally try to avoid that, so you either cut content, drop pictures, etc.  The column widths and font size generally don't change because of keeping a consistent look and feel across publications.  I feel like there is more to address, but I need to look at my copy of HotDQ to take a better look at what you are looking at.EDIT EDIT: Okay, so I am assuming the wasted space on page 92 you are referring to is the picture of Rath Modar.  Each unique creature or NPC gets a picture in the book.  If Rath Modar's picture was not there, it would have to be elsewhere in the book.  Most of those pictures were used within the chapters to fill up empty space.  If you look at the end of the chapters, there is very little wasted space.  For those unique creatures that did not fit in the chapters, they went in Appendix B.  If the picture of Rath Modar was cut from Appendix B, he would be the only NPC with no picture.  There is very little extra space in Appendix B.  While there is more space in Appendix C, it is not reclaimable because each chapter and appendix starts at the top of its page. You would have to eliminate an entire page somewhere in the book to free up the page for Appendix B. The extra spell information would go in Appendix B with the stat blocks of the spellcasters.I think you misunderstood my argument that adding in the spell descriptions would take 32 pages.  I think that at 2 lines per spell (which I do not think is enough) it would take almost 2 pages.  Because all evidence points to them using a 32 page printing and binding process, they are locked into multiples of 32 pages for their hardcovers.  To make their 2 (or 10) pages of spell descriptions fit, they either need to cut that many pages of content or increase the page count by 32 because they cannot increase the page count by less than that.Now, I think that I am right on that, and as of your last post, you did not.  This thread has been full of those who want spell description in stat blocks, those that do not, why it will never happen and why it should.  Regardless, I figure things will continue as is.  That means that it is up to each DM to fill the gap how they see fit.  I figure that most DMs that want to do something about it will either copy and paste from the Basic PHB and supplements, purchase the spell cards from Gale Force 9 (which are really geared toward the player) or come up with their own solution.  I would propose that anyone looking for a solution take a look at my spell card generator that I posted.  You have to enter any spells that you want printed out 1 time, but after that, you can print them as much as you want.  You can either print up a couple sheets for a specific NPC or print out all of the spells as spell cards and mix and match them as needed.  It is not a perfect solution by any means, but I think that it can be a help to a lot of DMs who, like me, want the information at their fingertips without having to search for each individual spell in the PHB or memorizing the spells.</blockquote>

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