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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 7993102" data-attributes="member: 6677017">I don't know. I think ever having there be 2 different versions of "orc" or "mature silver dragon" statblock is something they absolutely do not want to happen. And I can see that. I'm on-board enough with the issue of monsters in the MM that I bought a DM's Guild purchase and am considering another to address that--and I'm not big into 3pp. I just think when it comes to this sort of thing, they absolutely don't want to invalidate anyone's core books. And part of the issue with that is that later books actually made monsters that were more interesting than the MM. So it's not that all monsters need redone, it's just the MM ones. That makes it's difficult for them to come up with a solution that doesn't replace them.What they might do--and in fact, this is probably the best option--is come up with more sidebar variants for the monsters in the MM. The variants should give them more action options or otherwise make them more dynamic and interesting. That would actually fill out a lot of pages with valuable content, so it's a win from that perspective. The biggest issue (and this applies equally to the DMG) is that if it's really done well the anniversary versions will probably replace sales of the original versions, and I assume they want to avoid doing that (especially with the higher price pointed needed to make enough content to be worth it). With the PHB, the anniversary version would be an alternate pricier option, not an actual replacement, and the 2014 PHB would still continue to be published. You'd just have three points of entry: free Basic rules, standard PHB (perhaps at a permanently reduced price point), and anniversary PHB for honestly probably $80+ MSRP, but packed full of content.I could start complaining now about how they won't sell me a pdf so I have to pay for a giant book...but I actually like giant books so my collection (if not my wallet) will be looking forward to it.Interestingly, some recent numbers seemed to show that ENWorld actually skews a little younger than D&D fans in general.</blockquote>

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