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Page 44, spectacular spells please :)

I really need to find the draft I talked you about, it was all there, with an additional translation of XP since so many people love them. I'll get back to you with it

A better design choice IMO would be to specify the desired number of encounters per level (or per each level), and build the character XP progression based on that. No one size fits all choice. I surely see that issue. Again specifying the xp per next level and xp per encounter (or per monster)...

For reference, check this thread https://www.enworld.org/threads/dragon-cr%C2%B4s-too-low.36664/

TBH I was referring to 3.5E Dragons, where their CR was artificially lowered by approx 30% to make them "deadlier". 5E's monsters design is so handwavy that I never took any number written in the MM seriously.

I don't care if it's intended and official, it's one of the lamest excuses for poor design choices I ever heard. Instead of making the game more approachable and enjoyable at high levels, they just blurted out some stuff and suggested that half of the material they produced is not where the fun...

No idea of course, but I like to think that piloting while a ship is badly damaged and on fire requires concentration on top piloting skill

It really depends who you play with. In my groups xp are really not needed, any other form of reward is much more tangible (either a new item, a stronghold, a new power, a spell, etc). Those rewards are individual, btw, not group based, and normally given by side quests, so all these points are...

Insulting is definitely not the intention, but it's my post justed wanted to show xp for what they are: simply a measure of advancement that is normally distributed in chunks.

XPs are actually just hidden milestones: each encounter is per se is seen as a milestone, and the progression itself of character is measured in terms of encounters required. It's all plainly there. The fact that someone decides not to follow the largely arbitrary and inconsistent guidelines...

Milestones aren't about "fairness", they are just a way to set the pace and progress of the PCs vs the rest of the story and world. If "fairness" is a concern, I'd point out at how encounters are built waaay before lamenting that with milestones I'm not leveling up fast enough... I noticed...

This seems more of a table- or people-you-play-with problem, more than about the solution itself. I used it in pretty much all of the campaigns I DM'd from 3rd edition onwards, from low to high levels, and it always worked. I've been playing for a very long time with my closest friends, so...

In a system like D&D, IMO the simplest and most effective solution is to ignore XP and go for milestones, but that's a taboo for most people. IMO XP make sense in level-less (and probably class-less) games, which also tend to have more unified systems instead of specific designs for each class...

You don't even know what mansplaning is, do you?

This has nothing to do with O5.5e. It's for Level Up. Besides, LU's monster math and design seems much better than O5e's.

You're right, I was focusing on the weapon attack part, not on the Eldritch blast part (which is the main point of the OP). I sincerely dislike this kind of stacking and all kinds of flat modifiers to attack rolls not coming from the use of magic items like this, especially the ranger's class...

What about simply having more difficult to reach enemies? Stunning assault is only useful for melee attacks.

I'd say maybe, but it's a stretch, for a couple of reasons Note the "while you wield your pact weapon". It seems that you'd lose proficiency and also you wouldn't be able to use your spellcasting ability if you're not wielding it. The second part comes from the "with it", so you'd need to use...

I'd rephrase your point 3. There's no "correct" number of short rests per long rest, but the limitation is there in place to avoid players regaining too many 3rd level spell slots. Keep in mind that with a 3rd level spell slot the Herald gains 6 Exertion Points, which last until a long rest is...

Specific beats general, I'd say. IMO a bonus action IS an action, but can only be taken when specific conditions apply.