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<blockquote data-quote="TheHand" data-source="post: 8913559" data-attributes="member: 88835">Throwing my 2 coppers in as well...1. The tools website is quite robust and you can navigate to each adventuring class' page and step through all the features pretty nicely. There's a character builder tool as well. Without any computers at the table, it might be a challenge going with pdf's and web tools only, unless you print out necessary monster stats &amp; such ahead of time. Having a laptop or a tablet might be useful to have on hand without the books. If you have players familiar with 5e they should grok onto A5E pretty quickly. 2. Yes, I think it's very apparent which classes match up with their O5e counterparts. Some don't necessarily have 1-for-1 mappings, but you'll probably find a subclass that fills the same role or has similar features. We ported over many O5e characters with little trouble. If you're willing to make use of O5e subclasses, the A5e classes are designed to be backwards compatible with them, meaning you can use a A5e class with an O5e subclass if someone absolutely has their must-have favorite.3. With all of the non-human and uncommon ancestries you listed, I would highly recommend the 3pp A5e supplement &quot;Handbook of Heritages&quot; on Drivethru RPG, written by [USER=6915329]@Faolyn[/USER]. We use it at our table.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheHand, post: 8913559, member: 88835"] Throwing my 2 coppers in as well... 1. The tools website is quite robust and you can navigate to each adventuring class' page and step through all the features pretty nicely. There's a character builder tool as well. Without any computers at the table, it might be a challenge going with pdf's and web tools only, unless you print out necessary monster stats & such ahead of time. Having a laptop or a tablet might be useful to have on hand without the books. If you have players familiar with 5e they should grok onto A5E pretty quickly. 2. Yes, I think it's very apparent which classes match up with their O5e counterparts. Some don't necessarily have 1-for-1 mappings, but you'll probably find a subclass that fills the same role or has similar features. We ported over many O5e characters with little trouble. If you're willing to make use of O5e subclasses, the A5e classes are designed to be backwards compatible with them, meaning you can use a A5e class with an O5e subclass if someone absolutely has their must-have favorite. 3. With all of the non-human and uncommon ancestries you listed, I would highly recommend the 3pp A5e supplement "Handbook of Heritages" on Drivethru RPG, written by [USER=6915329]@Faolyn[/USER]. We use it at our table. [/QUOTE]

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