Level Up (A5E) Level Up Class Preview: Adept

The Kickstarter has launched and already has nearly 2000 backers! Over the next month, we have plenty of fun stuff to show you. Let’s start with a class — and we’ll start at the beginning with the Adept.

Class Preview: Adept — Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition (A5E)

The Kickstarter has launched! Over the next month, we have plenty of fun stuff to show you. Let’s start with a class — and we’ll start at the beginning with the Adept.

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[Stalker0]

1. Powerful blow is pretty great when you can’t to a flurry this round but can next round. Burn this turns wasted bonus action and 1 exertion to make next turn awesome. Useful when you have to, say, dash on a turn and not be able to attack til next. There ya go.

Thank you, that is a use case. Do I think that compensates for the cost and the focus slot, not one bit....but your right this is a use case where the focus has an advantage.

 

[VanguardHero]

Personally I went to a scenatio of having Advantage on your next Attack and wanting to make the most of it. 5e Monk suffered a lot for its Bonus Damage as a non-Fighter Melee Class requiring a separate attack roll AND resource usage. I'm very much in favor of giving them alternatives that don't suffer that problem.

 

[lichmaster]

Ok, so, I'm reading the class more carefully, I'll be posting some observations as I go through it:
Instant Step can be used to teleport 500ft in any direction the Adept can see, and can bring along any creature up to the size of the Adept.
The text does not specify that the creature has to be allied, so could this be used to teleport with an enemy 500ft in the air (or over lava) and drop it, then use slow fall to mitigate the damage (or Gale Walk as a bonus action to fly to a safe zone). RAW this would be possible without any save or attack, apparently. Is this intended?

 

[Horwath]

1. Powerful blow is pretty great when you can’t to a flurry this round but can next round. Burn this turns wasted bonus action and 1 exertion to make next turn awesome. Useful when you have to, say, dash on a turn and not be able to attack til next. There ya go.

I would then rather burn 1 pt to Dash as a bonus action and then use Action to attack.

 

[This Effin’ GM]

I would then rather burn 1 pt to Dash as a bonus action and then use Action to attack.

Sure. Im just trying to point out that there may be situations where this can be useful, not that this will always be useful.

 

[Horwath]

Sure. Im just trying to point out that there may be situations where this can be useful, not that this will always be useful.

I think that it's a waste of a ability "slot", unless you are assassin multiclass, and then you use this round before you surprise your target, then burn 4 pts on 4 attacks on your "surprise" and hope for extra crit dice.

 

[This Effin’ GM]

I think that it's a waste of a ability "slot", unless you are assassin multiclass, and then you use this round before you surprise your target, then burn 4 pts on 4 attacks on your "surprise" and hope for extra crit dice.

And I think to call it a waste is to assume combats are fought in a vacuum and you will always have the option to make the most optimized choice. I guess we are at an impasse on our feelings on it.

 

[This Effin’ GM]

Oh here is a question: what type of an action is Shockwave?

 

[niklinna]

Oh here is a question: what type of an action is Shockwave?

Clearly a free action.

 

[Horwath]

Oh here is a question: what type of an action is Shockwave?

hmm, maybe it is instead of attack. that would be cool.