D&D 5E Player's Handbook Table of Contents Excerpt

[Morrus]

 

[TerraDave]

Feats and skills...seemingly deemphasized, though maybe not in reality.

And those appendices...those will be exciting.

 

[Remathilis]

OK, I want to see Appendix B, C, and E.

 

[Sadras]

OK, I want to see Appendix B, C, and E.

This!

 

[Majoru Oakheart]

I guess some analysis comparing the leaked Alpha to the final in terms of page count:
Chapter 1: Step-by-Step Characters
Alpha: 7 pages
Final: 6 pages

Likely due to just text size and formatting

Chapter 2: Races
Alpha: 8 pages
Final: 25 pages

The large difference here is likely due to a lot of art of all the races being added in.

Chapter 3: Classes
Alpha: 82 pages
Final: 76 pages

Between art being added and formatting, we can be fairly sure that no major changes to the classes occurred. At the very least there isn't a bunch of class options added that weren't in the Alpha.

Chapter 4: Personality and Background
Alpha: Missing from the leaked Alpha
Final: 21 pages

It should be noted that if the formatting stays the same that means that each background takes a page. That means there are 17 of them.

 

[Agamon]

Creature statistics? Would that be pets and familiars?

 

[Remathilis]

Creature statistics? Would that be pets and familiars?

And wild-shape options.

 

[TerraDave]

Creature statistics? Would that be pets and familiars?

And wild-shape options.

THAT is very convenient if its the case.

This 5E, they actually put some thought into it.

 

[Xodis]

I was thinking it was monsters to hold people over until the MM.

 

[Agamon]

I was thinking it was monsters to hold people over until the MM.

No, that will be in the Basic rules.