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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 9609721" data-attributes="member: 42040"><p>I got it in a PDF bundle but not the physical product.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.)</p><p></p><p>The three adventures contained are each about 10 pages. All three cover levels 4-5.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Also, check out this thread: <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/introduction-with-starter-boxed-set.708421/" target="_blank">Level Up (A5E) - Introduction with Starter Boxed Set</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 9609721, member: 42040"] 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: [URL="https://www.enworld.org/threads/introduction-with-starter-boxed-set.708421/"]Level Up (A5E) - Introduction with Starter Boxed Set[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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