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<blockquote data-quote="Urriak Uruk" data-source="post: 8072787" data-attributes="member: 7015558"><p>Well, if you really need a resource of DM-material to build encounters, let's look at the Monster Manual... oh, there is only 8 pages of material, the Introduction, explaining how to build encounters? Doesn't seem like much to me. And didn't you say that in your "Monster Manual 2" they wouldn't need this at all, so they could make more room for statblocks (in your words, "probably have equal or double that number <em>more</em>").</p><p></p><p>So the original MM has 8 pages of non-statblock material. The remainder of the book is 159 statblocks.</p><p></p><p>Volo's has 101 pages of non-statblock material. Although you view that as largely "fluff" it is largely encounter-building material, it's just tailored by chapter for different groups of monsters. For example, the beholder chapter includes rules on variant eye rays so that you can run varied beholder encounters. And even with that, there is still room for 139 statblocks.</p><p></p><p>So if it's only about statblocks, fine I guess Volo's/Mordenkainen's don't have as many. If it's not, then you're treating everything else as fluff, when a lot of it is not.</p><p></p><p>Either way, this "I need a MM2" thing seems really grating, when Volo's/Mordenkainen's (and the new setting books) add a whole slew of statblocks, and just because they're structured differently seems to bother people.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Urriak Uruk, post: 8072787, member: 7015558"] Well, if you really need a resource of DM-material to build encounters, let's look at the Monster Manual... oh, there is only 8 pages of material, the Introduction, explaining how to build encounters? Doesn't seem like much to me. And didn't you say that in your "Monster Manual 2" they wouldn't need this at all, so they could make more room for statblocks (in your words, "probably have equal or double that number [I]more[/I]"). So the original MM has 8 pages of non-statblock material. The remainder of the book is 159 statblocks. Volo's has 101 pages of non-statblock material. Although you view that as largely "fluff" it is largely encounter-building material, it's just tailored by chapter for different groups of monsters. For example, the beholder chapter includes rules on variant eye rays so that you can run varied beholder encounters. And even with that, there is still room for 139 statblocks. So if it's only about statblocks, fine I guess Volo's/Mordenkainen's don't have as many. If it's not, then you're treating everything else as fluff, when a lot of it is not. Either way, this "I need a MM2" thing seems really grating, when Volo's/Mordenkainen's (and the new setting books) add a whole slew of statblocks, and just because they're structured differently seems to bother people. [/QUOTE]
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