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Hard to say, though it bears in mind that he's saying that there will be both fat and skinny halflings, so it's not beyond the realm of possibility that there will be fat humans as well. It's just that the fat halfling is a bit more iconic. Possibly. But Jackson's hobbits have never been...

This is kind of what I expected: that a lot of things would be touched on in the core books but elaborated on in supplements (online or print). It also sounds like the easiest way to accomplish 5e's "modularity" goal.

So I take it we're seeing plot immunity then, as that one thread described it (scaling HP and damage but not AC or attack)? I'm cool with that (though I prefer rocket tag). Getting away from the endless treadmill of 4e's level scaling would probably be a good idea, though I hope it doesn't come...

I think it's fair to say that no one (or at least so close as to no one so that it is irrelevant) will get exactly what they want from D&D Next. People simply are too diverse in their opinions and preferred playstyle. Hell, getting a single gaming group to agree on what to do and how to play is...

You know, the "everything is core" mantra isn't unique to 4e. It was also the standard in 1st edition, where the main rulebooks were meant to apply to just about everything. Hell, even in 2e, it was generally assumed that all of the campaign settings interacted with each other on a regular...

This is unrelated to the main discussion but what's so abhorrent about healing surges?

But aren't the design goals of 5e mixed up pretty heavily in nostalgia and bridging edition gaps? Creating a new edition that may be ignored or rejected doesn't sound like a great way to do that, at least in my opinion.

I support this idea wholeheartedly, in principle. The only problem is that non-combat encounters really can work one of two ways: as social encounters or as part of exploring an area. The two are really, when you come down to it, dissimilar in every way except that they generally rely heavy on...

I don't know how unusual I am but I have read barely any FR books at all. I mostly just game with it.

A new setting sounds good in principle, but when it comes down to it, do we really need another one, particularly one that fills the slot Greyhawk would? After all, that's what Points of Light was supposed to be to a certain extent, but from what I'm hearing most people were largely unsatisfied...

You're missing one of the key points, though: one of the main reasons people want this to be more obvious is so that the first few levels can be more rough and tumbley and those who want to start more "heroically" still have the option. As is, being able to start at a later level doesn't make a...

One possibility that occurs to me in regards to making race matter past 1st level is putting an upper limit on certain abilities by race. After all, you'd expect that an orc would have a higher upper limit of physical strength compared with humans. To a certain extent, this is reflected in the...

Sounds like the Outlands / Concordant Opposition or Sigil. However, there are a few problems setting Planescape as the base setting, much as I'd like it. On the other hand, fleshing out the Outlands and making them the core setting is an interesting idea I hadn't thought of before.

That sounds reasonable to me (and in fact, what I've wanted to see for awhile). The physiological aspects of a race would serve as the base modifiers of the race, with the cultural ones being optional add-ons through feats, prestige classes, whatever later on. One thing that we'd ideally see in...

Agh! Not races as classes again!

The rules are there, but they're not obvious. I'm not sure how obvious they should be, but I think it's pretty easy to miss them and assume 1st level is the natural starting point for every group.

Well, that's a bit tricky, isn't it? As someone who thinks about the fluff first and the mechanics second, my inclination is to say "yes" because a lot of the races are significantly different enough from humans that you'd expect there to be a mechanical impact. Maybe not elves or dwarves, but...

I generally agree with this sentiment. It would solve the big problem of "should early level PCs be heroic or mundane?" Simple solution: the first few levels are mundane, the next few are the start of the heroic tier. Actually, I read a suggestion that D&D Next should have a starter set and a...

For those who really want race to feel different, here's an idea. I wouldn't be entirely opposed to doing the PHB in volumes by race. You'd have the human sourcebook, the elven sourcebook, the dwarven sourcebook and so on. Each would contain information about classes, races, and what not, but...

I won't call this a deal breaker, but it would be a significant warning sign to me. I've never thought the "races as classes" idea was a good one and to be perfectly honest, it strikes me as having significantly unfortunate implications.