Level Up (A5E) Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition Is Coming!

Level Up is the working title for a standalone 'advanced 5E' backwards compatible tabletop RPG coming to Kickstarter in 2021 from EN Publishing.

A crunchier, more flexible version of the 5E ruleset which you know and love. If you love 5E but would like a little more depth to the ruleset, Level Up is the game for you!

Level Up is the working codename for a standalone hardcover roleplaying game brought to you by the team which brought you EN5ider Magazine and Mythological Figures & Maleficent Monsters!

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Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition (A5E)

The standalone 'advanced 5E' backwards compatible tabletop RPG!

www.levelup5e.com

This is an ‘advanced’ version of the 5E ruleset, presented as a hardcover standalone game. It adds more customization and depth to the game. Basically, it’s a ‘crunchier’ version of 5th Edition. It's still the game you know and love. We love it too! All your 5E books will be compatible with this new game.

We already have a list of what we want to include in Level Up, although this list is not yet final We’ll be using surveys to adjust that list. We hope to include a fully developed exploration pillar, flexible character choices at each level, a new approach to heritage, martial maneuvers, a ‘cinematic/gritty’ toggle, spell-less ranger and warlord, and followers and strongholds, and more. Keep an eye out for the surveys!

We are also recruiting a diverse team of expert 5th Edition writers. We’ll have more news on that soon.

 

[Asisreo]

Hehe. I look forward to playtesting this game. I have much higher expectations from the enworld staff so I'm sure it will be done quite well.

Hmm...I'll have to find a way to smooth it over with one of my groups, though.

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

Will this be modular? Like take standard 5E but add in advanced character development options? Or will it be an all-or-none sort of thing?

it is a stand alone product, not a set of variant rules. Though I’m guess it wouldn’t be to hard to use it as such

 

[Grimstaff]

I don't get any hits on web searches for "Goodman Games" and "Advanced Fifth Edition". On DriveThruRPG they have a magazine called Fifth Edition Fantasy. Is that what you were thinking of?

No, the name is “Level Up”.

 

[Lord Mhoram]

No, the name is “Level Up”.

It was their 4E magazine. So the issues are older, but it is there in drive through. I found it with a search engine search for Level up and Goodman and it brought me to Drive-through.

 

[dave2008]

It is surprising someone hasn't done this yet. I look forward to seeing what you come up - good luck!

 

[Fenris-77]

AD5E works if you want to avoid that three letter acronym problem.

 

[Mortus]

Hello Morrus,

A running sidebar feature throughout the book with tips on how to use any new systems on their own would be great.

Or if side bars are not an option, maybe a classic appendix would be better.

So as an example, if there is a new initiative system with links to others parts of the rules, the tip gives advice on how to just use the initiative system alone - kind of like in the style of designer notes I’ve seen in some RPG products.

This way the book is a stand alone rule set, but can also serve as a collection of variant rule add-ons for those of us that want that. AD&D 2nd Edition dis this very effectively with side bars.

I’ll be supporting this regardless, but thanks for listening to the 5E fans!

 

[Mike Myler]

AD5E works if you want to avoid that three letter acronym problem.

What's the D stand for?

 

[Fenris-77]

What's the D stand for?

It's the D from advanced. Maybe that's cheating.

 

[ZeshinX]

That said, a big book of optional rules isn't what we're aiming for here; we're going for a single cohesive game you can pick up and play.

Hmm...would it be fair to guess that while the intent is a cohesive whole of rules/mechanics, it could also function as a "buffet" of optional rules as well? (Buffet meaning pick and choose what you'd like to use, leave what you'd not like to use).

I plan to support it either way, just curious.