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I mostly agree with you. However, that article did reveal to me how hit points could be used to model fantasy scenarios where the hero can take a huge beating and still fight (without having to picture a warrior being able to take twelve sword thrusts to the gut and survive). Sent from my iPad...

There's also D&D Beyond, which has images of many-but-not-all of the MM monsters. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Speaking of external resources, "You're (Probably) Doing It Wrong" is probably the best description of how hit points actually "work" in D&D that I've ever seen. But it still doesn't explain how to actually run them in play.

I just used the Wayback Machine.

Well…what's your favorite?

Here's my problem with this: These descriptions closely mirror how I describe misses in combat. The armor class system actually provides a very nice template for this. Your AC consists of: Your natural ability to avoid attacks based on your size (smaller creatures are harder to hit), your armor...

Not sure whether this helps, but the Roll20 version contains all the monster art, and you can get the images out fairly easily. It's $20, available at https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/module/24/lost-mine-of-phandelver.

I don't think you can use it both as a shield and as a weapon at the same time, and therefore don't actually get a +2 to AC. From the PHB, p. 214: "you can't use your shield hand to make attacks." Since the Defensive property is a property of weapons, I would say that you get either the...

Well isn't that just weird. Okay, looking this over, RAW is actually clear...if poorly written and confusing at first. * They both can be used as light shields, and shield feats can be used with either of them when used that way; but you cannot both attack with the weapon and use it as a...

Aw, is this dead? It was so interesting...