Level Up (A5E) 13 weeks to go…

[Zaukrie]

I mean, I'm all in on the first two books for sure, but I'm SO USED TO DnDBeyond for my characters and monsters, I'm not sure I even remember how to play by actually having to calculate things myself anymore. That's going to be the tough part for me.

 

[dave2008]

Two monster books? When did that happen?

The 2nd book is already available got O5e, I guess they decided to go ahead and add some A5e flavor too.

 

[dave2008]

Is the Bestiary coming out the same time as the Core rulebook? IIRC, the original plan was for it to come out a few months later,

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

Is the Bestiary coming out the same time as the Core rulebook? IIRC, the original plan was for it to come out a few months later,

@Morrus, I 2nd this question

 

[Morrus]

What question?

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

What question?

I quoted it in my post. It asked if the bestiary was coming out at the same time as the core rulebook. My understanding was that they were coming out at different times. At least that’s what we heard originally I believe.

 

[Morrus]

I quoted it in my post. It asked if the bestiary was coming out at the same time as the core rulebook. My understanding was that they were coming out at different times. At least that’s what we heard originally I believe.

The current plan is to release three books on launch, with the ZEITGEIST setting book a bit later.

 

[Marc Radle]

I mean, I'm all in on the first two books for sure, but I'm SO USED TO DnDBeyond for my characters and monsters, I'm not sure I even remember how to play by actually having to calculate things myself anymore. That's going to be the tough part for me.

Heh, that’s one of the reasons I so dislike D&D Beyond, and software like HeroLab, etc. It’s too easy to become reliant on the software and forget how to actually create characters, and by extension, understand all the underpinnings of the rules.

I’ve run into more than one situation in a game I was playing in where the DM looked at another players character sheet and ask a question like “how did you get this bonus”, or “are you sure this ability is correct?” or whatever, and the player kind of helplessly shrugged and said “I don’t know, that’s what the software came up with”

I firmly believe if you are going to play, you should thoroughly understand all aspects of the rules, and things like D&D Beyond, and software like HeroLab, etc. are a real hinderance to that.

OK, apologies - climbing down off my soapbox …

 

[Zaukrie]

Heh, that’s one of the reasons I so dislike D&D Beyond, and software like HeroLab, etc. It’s too easy to become reliant on the software and forget how to actually create characters, and by extension, understand all the underpinnings of the rules.

I’ve run into more than one situation in a game I was playing in where the DM looked at another players character sheet and ask a question like “how did you get this bonus”, or “are you sure this ability is correct?” or whatever, and the player kind of helplessly shrugged and said “I don’t know, that’s what the software came up with”

I firmly believe if you are going to play, you should thoroughly understand all aspects of the rules, and things like D&D Beyond, and software like HeroLab, etc. are a real hinderance to that.

OK, apologies - climbing down off my soapbox …

ya, no. I have no interest in worrying about how the math works anymore. 40+ years is enough.

 

[VanguardHero]

I've found the automation in Foundry to be an absolute boon at getting people to play games that aren't 5e. I just hate D&D Beyond because with 5e's neutered SRD it basically makes you pay for content twice over, or more depending on how you VTT. It's why I made sure to get clarification in the Digital Tools thread that Level Up would not be inheriting that from 5e.