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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7775406" data-attributes="member: 6796661">Not sure the actual reasons, but my guesses, and my reasons are:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">They want you to buy the Monster Manual, which is why they only bold the names of monsters from the MM, and only give stats in an appendix for new monsters.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">It costs more to print special pull-out pages, which means to keep the price point in line with what consumers expect from a 5e adventure hardback, they would have to subtract from the actual adventure content (the story, location descriptions, maps).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Pull out materials are hard to keep with the hardback. Many consumers, like myself, find them annoying.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Many consumers (like myself) do not want to adulterate our modules to play them. I buy the books to enjoy and read through, but for adventures I run, I run from DnD Beyond or Realm Works. I want to keep my books in nice condition. Also, pull-outs that are printed in the books tend to be low quality. I much prefer to have maps and physical play aids to be sold separately, which WotC and 3rd parties have been doing with recent adventures. So, I don't think there is a large enough group who would be willing to pay more money for pull out materials in the hard cover books (or pay the same but get less adventure), who are unwilling to shell out for separate physical or digital play aids.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Electronic versions like D&D Beyond (and I assume the Fantasy Grounds and Roll20 versions as well) it is so easy to pull up the entire stat block as an instant popup or a new tab/window in your Internet browser. There are also tools like RealmWorks and Herolabs that provide even more tools to run the game (I assume World Anvil and similar competitors have similar functionality). In short, for the DMs who are so concerned about efficiency and convenience that they have a problem with leafing through the Monster Manual or to an appendix of NPCs at the back of the module, they are likely to go with electronic tools.</li> </ol></blockquote>

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