Ok, I got my copy of #139 yesterday and have done one read-through of the adventure. It looks really good, but I noticed one wierd thing in the monster entries. Am I crazy, or is there no space and reach listed for any of the monsters in their stat blocks? I'm still not totally used to the new format, so maybe I just missed it but I don't think so. It's not a huge problem, usually you can just look up the monster in whatever book it came out of or just figure it out based on the monster's size but it is strange not to have it.
Is this just a misprint or will none of the future adventures in the path have reach and space entries?
I haven't got #139 yet here in Blighty but I believe, to save space in the blocks, they usualy leave out the space/reach for monsters with a 5ft/5ft value.
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Correct. For stat blocks, if a creature has the standard 5 ft./5 ft. space/reach combo, we leave it out. One of dozens of space-saving tricks we use every month to fit all the content between the covers.
In 3.5, space/reach is almost always tied completely to the creature's size. If a creature's Medium or Small, 97.4% of the time his space/reach is 5 by 5 anyway. If there's an exception (choker, I'm looking at you!) it's noted in the stat block.
Aha, I understand completely. That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the info! I am a new reader of Dungeon so I probably have things to learn about how things are formatted.