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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wedgeski" data-source="post: 1832033" data-attributes="member: 16212">What?!! No way would it take 8 hours to proof a 250 page, densely typed book, not only for obvious spelling and grammatical errors, but also for accuracy within the D&D milieu, as well as for the numerous 3.5 stat blocks it includes. No *way*. If I was project managing such an undertaking I'd probably set aside 40-50 man hours to do it, minimum. That's one week of one person's time... quite apart from the fact that I'd want more than one pair of eyes on it as well.The thing is, none of us have any clue how these manuscripts looked before they were given to the proofreaders. They could have been given such sloppy work that they were far more concerned with capturing the more egregious mistakes in the time allotted than worrying about the minutae. Not only that, but it's the minutae that takes the most time to capture (the old 80/20 rule).Personally, I'm disappointed in WotC's editing lately, but I know from first-hand experience how hard it is to do right. I think it's far more likely that these projects aren't having enough money spent on them than everyone at Wizard's is a layabout. At the end of the day, a project only has so much time and manpower to go around.</blockquote>