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<blockquote data-quote="Rant" data-source="post: 8455320" data-attributes="member: 7033019">I think it's a question of &quot;how&quot; the O5E characters play alongside A5E characters. Are the O5E characters using the D&amp;D versions of feats, spells, and core rules, or the Level Up versions? Again, everything ties together. A game with O5E characters and Level Up characters that uses the D&amp;D 5e RPG rule set (core mechanics, feats, spells, and so on) is a different game from a Level Up game that adds D&amp;D classes but uses Level Up rules, feats, spells, etc. If the O5E characters don't use O5e's feats, spells, and rules, they aren't fully functioning as &quot;O5E characters.&quot; The same is true for Level Up characters used with O5E rules.It may seem repetitive, because it is in fact the &quot;same point&quot; being rebutted by the same counterpoints. A new rule system like Pathfinder (original) was technically compatible with the classes from an old rule system, 3.5 D&amp;D. Playing the classes from the two games together posed issues, however, for both balance and functionality. That's true for Level Up as well. The game is designed as a full replacement, not a &quot;grab this or don't&quot; optional rules add-on. That's totally fine, but it does mean a different kind of &quot;compatibility&quot; from what a lot of players would assume that means. Adventure path compatibility, yes, but it can't function with O5E classes if the feats, spells, and rules they relied on no longer exist in the same form.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rant, post: 8455320, member: 7033019"] I think it's a question of "how" the O5E characters play alongside A5E characters. Are the O5E characters using the D&D versions of feats, spells, and core rules, or the Level Up versions? Again, everything ties together. A game with O5E characters and Level Up characters that uses the D&D 5e RPG rule set (core mechanics, feats, spells, and so on) is a different game from a Level Up game that adds D&D classes but uses Level Up rules, feats, spells, etc. If the O5E characters don't use O5e's feats, spells, and rules, they aren't fully functioning as "O5E characters." The same is true for Level Up characters used with O5E rules. It may seem repetitive, because it is in fact the "same point" being rebutted by the same counterpoints. A new rule system like Pathfinder (original) was technically compatible with the classes from an old rule system, 3.5 D&D. Playing the classes from the two games together posed issues, however, for both balance and functionality. That's true for Level Up as well. The game is designed as a full replacement, not a "grab this or don't" optional rules add-on. That's totally fine, but it does mean a different kind of "compatibility" from what a lot of players would assume that means. Adventure path compatibility, yes, but it can't function with O5E classes if the feats, spells, and rules they relied on no longer exist in the same form. [/QUOTE]

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