Level Up (A5E) Looks like people using similar A5E content

jphinney · Jun 3, 2022

Ancestry and Culture Foundry VTT Sigil Module – Sigil Entertainment Group

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Xethreau · Jun 3, 2022

Ancestry & Culture came out before A5e. The concept and motivations are similar, and I highly recommend this book to anybody who likes 05e but wants to deconstruct "race." The forward is also good reading.

Timespike · Jun 3, 2022

Agreed. It was one of the first 5e products to take things in that direction and they have rightly earned what could be called "staggering" levels of success with it.

Xathos- · Jun 3, 2022

Xethreau said:
Ancestry & Culture came out before A5e. The concept and motivations are similar, and I highly recommend this book to anybody who likes 05e but wants to deconstruct "race." The forward is also good reading.

I mean, that was one of the draws to supporting A5E for me. The design approach was in line with what I had in mind.

I've been doing the whole race/culture split as far back as 3.5. I got pretty serious about the design portion, for PF1, a number of years ago on my homebrew setting. I don't claim the approach is unique, but it's not commonly done in d20. I'm on my 3rd system that involves it (and me producing content for it).

Morrus · Jun 3, 2022

The designer of that project was on the Level Up team for about half a day right at the beginning, then suddenly had to drop out due to a conflicting job of some kind; we were never sure what. But their involvement was deliberate, as that product certainly inspired us. They deserve their immense success.