8.3 - Version Notes and Open Questions

Version Notes and Open Questions

Replaced open Ancestry Point purchasing with bounded chassis, heritage, and talent choices.
Moved ability-score increases to Background.
Separated learned Culture from inherited Ancestry.
Reclassified Aasimar and Tiefling as versatile heritages.
Added a general mixed-ancestry procedure.
Replaced mandatory compensated flaws with optional complications.
Replaced level 1/5/10/15/20 talent timing with 1/5/9/13/17.
Removed proficiency-bonus-per-short-rest ancestry resources.
Defined Low-Light Vision and shared save/resource language.
Added a complete Dragonborn Breath Weapon rule to accompany its variant matrix.

Should later ancestry talents remain free progression or replace another character resource?
Is level 9 the right earliest point for sustained flight?
Are Culture Practices useful enough without becoming another skill-bonus layer?
Are background ability lists meaningfully evocative, or should all backgrounds permit any three abilities?
Do Aasimar and Tiefling work better as versatile heritages than standalone ancestries in Hiraeth?
Does the Mixed Ancestry table preserve identity without making one secondary ancestry compulsory?
Should Hiraeth retain Low-Light Vision or translate every sense to standard 5e Darkvision?

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