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    Level Up (A5E) Percussion and String Art Specialties Need Help

    I was glancing at the Art Specialties today, and I realized that the Percussion and String Art Specialties for the Bard, while fine in principle, don't really have enough spells to make them viable choices, especially at low levels. In fact, before GPG 15, String Instruments was entirely useless...
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    Level Up (A5E) Spells that target a specific Monster Type

    The answer is almost certainly that Humanoid is targeted most because the division is often that a lower level spell targets humanoids and a higher level spell targets everything, e.g. Charm Person / Charm Monster. I don’t have statistics on how many spells are like this though. I doubt there...
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    Level Up (A5E) One thing A5E could take from OneD&D: Power Sources and Class Groups

    I’ve tried to contact them to see if they wanted support with that project, but not luck.
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    Level Up (A5E) One thing A5E could take from OneD&D: Power Sources and Class Groups

    I have a spreadsheet of every spell ever published for A5e either by ENP or by 3PP already. I agree they have a better solution, but I can work faster because I don’t have to make as big of a product.
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    Level Up (A5E) One thing A5E could take from OneD&D: Power Sources and Class Groups

    I’m working on this. Part of the problem is that the this requires a lot of word count, and no one wants to spend their precious word count on a giant list. The other problem is centralization and knowing what new schools people have tried to add. Here are all of the new schools that people...
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    Level Up (A5E) One thing A5E could take from OneD&D: Power Sources and Class Groups

    The Field Engineer from PMG fits this bill, although I think you’re ignoring the potential for having the Machinist bring in all sorts of Batmobile schenanigans.
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    Level Up (A5E) One thing A5E could take from OneD&D: Power Sources and Class Groups

    I’m in the camp who likes the subtle differences in the spell lists and wants the synergy feats flavored more specifically by class. I do see the point with future proofing, as the Artificer hasn’t gotten as many new spells as I think it deserves, but that’s not where the wheel was squeakiest...
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    Level Up (A5E) Element-Bending as a Combat Tradition

    So, the answer is yes, that could clearly be done, and should be done, and there are some good folks on this forum already taking a crack at it. However, to really get at the the ATLA fantasy, what I think we really want are elemental Adept focus features that can be used simultaneously with...
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    Level Up (A5E) Explainers

    There are 18, soon to be 19 In the AG: 11 Adamant Mountain Biting Zephyr Mirror’s Glint Mist and Shade Rapid Current Razor’s Edge Sanguine Knot Spirited Steed Tempered Iron Tooth and Claw Unending Wheel In the GPG: 3 Arcane Knight Beat Unity Eldritch Blackguard In MoAR: 1 (with 1 coming...
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    Level Up (A5E) Every Archetype in A5e AND 3PP

    EDIT: Corrected error. Previous graphs listed one too few Espers and one too many Wizards (Proscriber had been counted twice).
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    Homebrew First inklings of a new class (or classes)

    Thanks for the advice! Although just to be clear, my end goal is “find a method for flexible and creative problem solving that can work in A5e,” and the WOIN/Elements of Magic system is one possible means to that end. I’m open to alternative ideas if anyone has any.
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    Homebrew First inklings of a new class (or classes)

    My best friend, to whom I owe my introduction to TTRPGs, frequently has ideas for characters that he can’t quite make work using Vancian magic. The running theme between them, as he’s expressed it, is that what he wants is to have basically one power that he can use in increasingly creative and...
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    Level Up (A5E) The Berserker Rage HP Cap Makes No Sense

    Simple answer: You can rage twice in a row without losing the benefits of the first rage.
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    Level Up (A5E) Skill Overlap?

    If you’re a rogue you can pick up a few, plus a number of archetypes.
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    Level Up (A5E) Skill Overlap?

    AG 25: “If your character would gain the same proficiency from multiple areas, such as a heritage or cultural trait or class feature, they may instead choose a new proficiency of the same type (skill or tool).”
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    Level Up (A5E) Wait - Berserkers Get Four Skills?

    I mean, it’s not bad. I just upsets my aesthetic sensibilities to make Berserkers something of a skill monkey.
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