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In 5e, "expertise" allows some classes (the most notable being the rogue) to double their proficiency bonus on skills. As far as I can tell, this mechanic is essentially replaced by A5e's Expertise Die, so there's no options for doubling proficiency , you just gain the Die. Additionally, A5e...

Thanks. So what would be your approach to making A5e Expertise play nicely with standard 5e classes? I was toying with the idea of granting an Expertise Die to any class that got the original 5e "Expertise" feature OR any build that got the same skill proficiency from more than one source. Do...

Yes, to clarify, I was intending on using Chapter 2 of the the Adventurer's Guide ( so Heritage, Culture, Background and Destiny) to fully replace chapters 2 and 4 (race, Subrace, background and personality) of the PHB.

I'd like to know if anyone's tried replacing 5e's Race, Subrace and background options with Heritage Culture, etc from A5e, but then reverted to PHB rules for everything else? Obviously you'd have to make some sort of allowance for expertise, but I'm wondering if there are any other pitfalls...