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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hatmatter" data-source="post: 9469450" data-attributes="member: 75077">I agree, THEMNGMNT.For the reasons that you articulated.Given that the Player's Handbook is one third of the core rulebooks and also will be followed by campaign setting books in 2025 and beyond, I would merely add that I hope the (minimal) attention to role-playing that character's bonds, traits, flaws, and personality previously provided will be addressed in some way. For what it is worth, I am grateful that alignment was not only retained, but even more leaned into (than in 2014) as a means of role-playing and facilitating a chracter's personality and traits.Also, I hope that the great species information from Modenkainen's Tome of Foes appears in setting specific books starting with the Forgotten Realms campaign books in 2025. If the loss of that information means that it appears with greater diversity on a campaign-by-campaign basis than I am totally for it.Also, I hope that the awesome Sidekick rules (which essentially create a sort of Basic D&D using 5th edition rules that can be used to help beginners, especially young ones, learn to play) are re-incorporated into the 2024 revision.But, with those caveats aside (and really, this is merely pining for the reproduction of game elements already present within 5th edition, so even if they are not re-presented, they exist and are useable), I agree...the new Player's Handbook is fantastic.And not only in the obvious improvements of presentation and organization that you identify.There are so many (clever) under-the-hood improvements. Some are subtle enough that many players may have not realized them yet. For example, I think the Ranger and Paladin have been very much improved from the 2014 versions. Chris at Treantmonk's Temple (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew9Q__lZ7oc" target="_blank">here</a>) has been an even-headed and even-handed evaluator of the new book. He showed me how the revised Ranger in conjunction with weapon mastery, subtle spell revisions, and the concentration rules have resulted in a Ranger that effectively captures Ranger archetypes from fiction.This book is masterful and, I think, a delightful monument to the 50th anniversary of our shared artform.</blockquote>

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