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The Forgotten Realms only appear humanocentric in the 3e FRCS because that book focuses on the human-majority lands of Faerun. Supplemental campaign setting material includes plenty of lands with non-human majorities. For example: Dwarf-majority lands like the Dwarfholds of the North, the...

Good catch. I think you're right about those being stat block references. I missed that because the names were capitalized, not boldfaced they way they are in the 2014 rules. (I don't think I've actually seen yet how 2024 formats the names of stat blocks.)

I'm glad none of that causes dissonance to your mind, and I suspect you're in the majority on that. My mind works differently, so much of what you wrote does cause dissonance for me. I'll put my explanation in a spoiler block, because it's lengthy and somewhat off topic:

That's helpful for people who are reading the rules or who are playing by post (assuming anyone who's visually impaired has a screen reader which somehow calls out capitalized words; I don't use screen readers, so I don't actually know if that's a thing or not). But when I'm communicating to my...

When I'm using a game to tell a story, I get cognitive dissonance every time I have to reference the rules using terminology which is completely unrelated to what's going on in the narrative. For me, the names of rules elements matter. Of course, I realize other people process language...

Baskets and mirrors have no agency in the game world; they don't perform actions of narrative consequence on behalf of players. In the 2024 rules we've seen so far, only player characters, their pets (familiars, etc.), and their Bastions can do that. When a rules element is a means players use...

I can only answer based on what I've seen published in official WotC-published campaign sourcebooks. (The Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide simply states Halruaan wizards were able to "propel their kingdom safely" into Abeir.) If your game uses setting canon not published in WotC sourcebooks, then...

For some reason, they go out of their way to remove all cultural info from species (except for orcs), then immediately insert a bunch of cultural info into the language rules. The rarity of a language is entirely dependent upon one's culture. (Incidentally, the 2014 PHB claims Common originated...

I can't speak to the main complaints. My complaint about Bastions was something which didn't seem to bother too many other posters, probably because it was a problem I had with the narrative, not the mechanics: The Bastion system uses game mechanics which, to me, seem disassociated from the...

Apparently you can, if your government is a council of archmages lead by a divination specialist. The Halruaan Elders saw the Spellplague in advance and planned for it by transporting their entire kingdom to another, safer plane of existence. That's Time-Lord-level awesomeness, which is why my...

Halruaa. When the Spellplague destroyed half the multiverse and plunged all of Toril into a hundred-year dark age, Halruaa said, "No thanks. We'll just ride this out in our safe space. See you again next edition."

Your post closely resembles the feedback I gave on weapon masteries during the playtest. If the designers read it, they clearly weren't moved.

No design notes today, just a progress report. I’m currently making headway on the two new setting guide chapters I’m adding to my trail guide. (I’ve changed the working title of the Semphar chapter to “The Great Silk Road,” since the Forgotten Realms highway called the Silk Road extends well...

OpenAI: "We're totally allowed to copy and use any data we can view anywhere. That's not a violation of anyone's rights." Also OpenAI: "How dare you and your lawyer try to copy any of the data you can view on our computers! That's a violation of our corporate rights!"

Given what I know of Musk and pals, I think the title should be "Cads Against Humanity."

The current (2014) chase rules actually do have clear-cut rules for escaping during a chase. They aren't good rules for escaping, but they are clearly stated. From the 2014 DMG: "If neither side gives up the chase, the quarry makes a Dexterity (Stealth) check at the end of each round, after...

The 2014 PHB already cooks my meal for me, so I guess I'm good. No need for the new rules.

If I have to tell my players to extrapolate rules that are implied but not stated, then the 2024 PHB isn't doing a good job introducing players to the sort of game I want to play. Don't get me wrong, the 2024 PHB looks like it will do a very good job teaching new players how to use the 2024...

Player: "Can you offer an additional class based on the 4e warlord? Here are my ideas..." DM: "Sure" None of which means the 2024 PHB supports a warlord class. The fact that we need the DMG to even know how the designers intended custom backgrounds work in the revised rules is one of my...

It doesn't say that at all. I'm looking at it right now. The 2024 PHB says, "You can choose any of the backgrounds detailed in chapter 4, and your DM might offer additional backgrounds as options." On page 177, it adds, in reference to a background's non-rules text, "Alter the details of this...