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Like many others I'll chime in on the size issue, being that I don't like it one bit. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that if/when these get released, they'll have similar disclaimers about the races in Volo's with regards to potential balance issues. Assuming that is the case, I'd...

I do this, and then usually play up their toughness/resistance to the attacks as combat progresses as a more narrative-friendly reminder. Initially though I feel there's little value in trying to obfuscate it, players will either end up annoyed by the misinformation or the DM gets exasperated...

Wow, that halfling art is astoundingly bad. Feels like I'm going to get whiplash from going to halflings from the incredible abishai art. I'm actually fairly bothered by this, I wrote the halfling art off as a fluke in the PHB, but evidently someone at wizards actually considers this a good idea...

I tend to have a more strict interpretation/application of the light rules, as it's a nice way to add distinction or difficulty to encounters. I also stripped darkvision off many of the races, so light sources are a more pressing concern. Overall I think it's done more to enhance the game than...

But it's not though. The things like the drunk bus are a courtesy, and one that they're not obligated to provide. I'd also agree with your first example, on the basis of there being a conviction. If they have been tried and found guilty, then absolutely they should be screened for such things...

Yeah, thankfully the message is "witch hunts shouldn't destroy people's careers" it seems, which is a pretty good one on the whole. Convention organizers are under no impetus, nor should they be, to conduct background checks that transcend beyond the legal sphere into the realm of rumors and...

Tolkien didn't need to 'examine his biases' since most of his creative works are derived from other mythos' and heroic epics. There's nothing 'problematic' with his works. Also, that word has long since ceased to hold any meaning, it has been run into the ground to the point where it's simply...

Because if you remove every little thing that someone/some group is bothered by then there is nothing left. Virtually every 'evil' race would be gone for one, since here on enworld and elsewhere there's always the occasional attempt to link the drow or orcs or what have you to a real world race...

Got mine a while ago, I'll post some thoughts on it when it's added to the reviews section and I've had some more time to go through it.

Unambiguously yes, we still need race. Or rather, stupidly trying to swap various synonyms in place of it is just people trying to eat their narrative cake and have it to, and we really shouldn't be engendering intellectual dishonesty when we have the choice not to. Frankly, a lot of this...

Are you looking for these options to be available to players, or as NPCs/Enemies to be encountered? Kinda need that info first before any real advice can be given.

You don't really need to reconcile it too much because it's not a binary answer, and because you already have the common-sense approach to it. Many things like disease, insanity, and murder are well tread elements of the genre and often have rules directly associated with them, while sexual...

IIRC if you are suffering a lost limb it still requires a Regenerate spell or similar effect to cure, which is more of what I was getting at to differentiate it from a generic HP restoring option like cure wounds. Short rest abilities are fine, the problem is twofold: 1) your example...

Weird, it's almost like you picked a bunch of obscure, rare status effects that are explicitly magical in nature to prop up your argument, instead of the much more common stun/charm/frightened conditions that a warlord should be able to address. Funny, that. I have no problem with the warlord...

Doesn't *need* one but it's been a long time since I've seen a table with no one to fill that role. Cleric is one of the core 4 for more than just legacy reasons. They are, with bard now added to that list. By no means the only, but it's certainly the baseline. You can just look at the...

Except that all of what you just posted is still a fighter through and through, because it's all tied to the short rest crap as usual. I can't speak for anyone else, but the number of sessions/tables that I've been at where a short rest occurs after every fight have been basically nil. What this...

Not in the slightest. Frankly in 5e, I find it's the opposite; people would like to take feats they feel would make their characters more interesting, but don't do so because increasing your prime stat is so much more potent.

The name is fine, it's meant to evoke connotations of someone gripped by religious fervor that drives them to incredible martial heights. They're the fanatical crusaders of the D&D gods. well...as opposed to what, exactly? saying "I'm going to play a fighter" doesn't make much more sense...

Man, do you run a steakhouse? Because I'm liking the salt. Also, I must have missed a few of your logical leaps between "the villain should be an actor in the world's events with both strengths and weaknesses" to your obvious hyperbolic bait of suggesting that he should just surrender on whim...

Ah yes, the old "just play the NPC as omniscient" answer. A classic, but as wrong then as it is wrong now. There are any number of reasons why this might not work, including being unaware the PCs are coming for them, being dependent on outside factors (need to travel, perform a risky ritual...