Level Up (A5E) Starter set any good?

[RichW]

I'm waiting for the UK to get 2nd printing core books (and who knows when that will be...)
In the meantime I'm tempted by the starter set & it seems a reasonable price. Anyone tried it care to share their thoughts please?

 

[Retreater]

I got it in a PDF bundle but not the physical product.

IIRC, there's no information about character creation (just the pregens). Oddly, the pregens start at level 4, so it's a Starter Set that isn't for new players. I'm saying this from the perspective of someone who has the 3 Core Books of A5E and just started my first campaign of A5E for a group of relatively experienced 5E players.

There is enough differences in the first three levels of A5E from regular 5E that I would never drop new players in the system at a level higher than 1 (Destiny, Backgrounds, Origin Traits, Knacks, Skill Specializations, Combat Maneuvers, etc.)

The three adventures contained are each about 10 pages. All three cover levels 4-5.

I think of it as a "system sampler," with the books maybe more akin to a Free RPG Day product. That said, we're loving A5E as a system and the Core books are amazing.

Also, check out this thread: Level Up (A5E) - Introduction with Starter Boxed Set

 

[RichW]

Thanks for the response - I had seen the sample characters and wondered about the decision to start at lvl4.

I'll take a look at the link - cheers.

 

[Morrus]

Thanks for the response - I had seen the sample characters and wondered about the decision to start at lvl4.

We assume people have, and are familiar with 5E, and are not beginners. 4th level characters are used so we can showcase some of the archetypes, combat maneuvers, and so on. Everything a player needs is right there on the character sheet--if they know 5E, they'll have no trouble running those characters.