Tweet of the Day, Indexing Rules Exist For A REASON, WotC edition.

And this is why: so that you don’t scatter all of your monsters throughout the book. And before you ask, When would this matter? The answer is, it matters when you know you need a dragon, or a giant, or whatever for an encounter – but you don’t know which kind of monster would best suit it. It’s much easier to figure out when your dragons are all organized as Dragon (Green), Dragon (Red), Dragon (White) or whatever.

It's official. The new 2025 Monster Manual is literally organized worse than the 1977 original. In WOTC's version none of these dragons are under "D" for Dragon. They're scattered all throughout the book according to the initial of their respective color. That is beyond stupid. https://t.co/l8y0GKxrKD pic.twitter.com/GY949vXgoS

— Kevin Lamb (@KevinLamb74) February 26, 2025

You get the impression that WoTC kind of resents still having to sell actual books.