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It's not a problem unless you assume every hit opens a wound. Some might hit armor or with the flat hard enough to cause a nasty bruise. Or helmet and cause a minor concussion. Even a simple (partial) bone fracture somewhere where it isn't debilitating might heal in the max two weeks it takes...

The amount of hit point, yes, lost hit points no. It's "lost hit points may have been just loss of luck or morale" that I have a problem with. I'm all for making hit point progression slower, but we don't need to get rid of it to have a consistent system where damage is physical. Edit: And...

They did feel the need to retcon them in at least FR. In 3e they "in most ways appear completely human" and "rarely form communities" "because of their rarity and varied backgrounds" while in 4e they "cannot escape the skin and physical features that indicate [their] heritage" and while their...

Errata should be limited to spelling fixes and things where the text as written makes no sense - e.g. because they changed how something works at the last minute without noticing all things that used it. Suggested optional rules for increasing balance and playability can be published either...

It annoyed me that they spent at least 40 pages of 3.5 PHB and DMG on setting specific stuff like gods, cosmology and prestige classes. Names in spells or items are just one word.

This isn't a problem if you interpret HP as physical damage, but 1 HP as different for different targets. 10 damage to an uninjured 10th level fighter is a minor flesh wound, while 10 damage to a 1st level fighter is a serious wound that will take a week to heal.

That's not the balance this thread is about. The DM can always adjust to a strong party by upping threat level. If one character dies every combat and another never takes a hit, then there may be cause for concern.

Appearance didn't change much but they changed from various unconnected descendants of fiends to a people who made a pact with devils.

Total guess: They will update 5e iteratively, so they can justify a new version of the core set every X years.

In which edition was this the case? Depending on edition at least Sembia and the Border Kingdoms were intentionally left there as white spots. There were also several "grey" areas of which there were few details. The 3e FRCS had a couple of mysteries for every region specifically as plot hooks.

Drawing stark lines between encounters wasn't really necessary before 4e. But, yeah, it's either CaS (nothing inherently CaW about using a chandelier as a weapon) or something in between.

Depending on campaign aasimar and tieflings may be. Also drow, genasi and some "monster" races have been seen (at least centaur comes to mind). The others don't exist in 3.5 Realms.

I assumed there would be a page or two on class skills and how you gain skills as you level up. Also, another page or two for complex skill checks (something like skill challenges, fixed) for things like chases, tracking, diplomacy or rituals. In 3e it takes six pages before they get to the...

That just means you are/that school of though is Chaotic. :) But seriously, the system doesn't have to be rigorous and chaos/law axis doesn't have to be completely independent of good/evil for it to work in D&D.

Yes, but with actual rules, so that you know what a unit of 100 human level 1 fighters looks like, and don't need to invent numbers out of thin air.

In our group halflings are almost as common as elves and way more common than gnomes. Human >> dwarf >= elf > halfling > half-elf > gnome > half-orc > any other race.

I live in an area where they hunt at least elk and white-tailed deer, but if I saw one in the forest I wouldn't necessarily be able to tell which it is. Similarly, even if you knew orcs are greenish humanoids, would you be able to tell if you are looking at an orc or an ogre, or maybe something...

Would any of those have been identified by medieval knights?

How long should the PHB to be and how should those pages be used? I think the ~300 page PBH is too long. 200 pages would be better, IMO: Core - 10 pages (RPGs, Abilities, checks, character creation) Races - 10 pages (4-10 races) Classes - 20 pages (4-10 classes) Kits/Themes - 20 pages (class...

Like in our folklore, the things they "know" about any but the most common threats may vary a lot. Using the 3e Knowledge rules, untrained characters have no chance to identify monsters they haven't dealt with before. But this is a campaign issue.