Level Up (A5E) What's your favorite thing about Level Up?

[WinnableBadger]

It has to be the combat manuvers. Not only are they balanced but they will bring so much more fun to playing a martial character. Not only this, but it has led to classes gaining more out of combat options, as their levels are taken up less with combat stuff. Having fighters be so much more than just lots of attacks, while still retaining the fantasy of playing an expert warrior, is amazing to me. I can't wait to Countershot missiles out of the air, fight back to back with my Sanguine Knot allies, brand my enemies with a Dangerous Signature, Death Blow a Boss, Redirect a killing blow, become Unstoppable in the face of paralysis, pull off a Wounded Animal Gambit and make an awesome Victory Pose (even if I wish the effect was better )

 

[cole1312]

The ease of using what I want, and leaving out what I don't. So far haven't found a lot I don't, but it's nice for it to be so easy.

 

[TheHand]

There's a lot to like, but Combat Maneuvers was a big selling point for me!

 

[Satirical Bard]

Too many things to choose from, but at the moment it's the new, mostly social, abilities for all the not-traditionally-a-party-face classes. And it's not just that they get a buff here or there - it's that these abilities are absolutely dripping with flavour and RP prompts. And they make sense too. I mean, Carousing for Fighters?! So, so good.

 

[ReshiIRE]

That the encounter maths were thought out, planned, and that CR looks like it will work a lot better, with the ability to actually design encounters using the tables.

That magic appears to have gotten a good balance look over and martials have been brought a lot more up to speed.

 

[WanderingMystic]

If I had to chose the one thing that just made it worth every penny I spent on the books, that one thing that made my day when I saw it? In that case it would have to be the gremlins, these little magical items are an absolute gem and while they might not make the biggest difference in game play they delighted me to no end.

 

[Steampunkette]

Journey.

I may be temporarily obsessed with awesome class, heritage, and culture updates. But nothing compares to the Journey System for increasing the system variety of the game while still providing a fantasy roleplaying adventure.

Though the added depth of cultures and classes, the doomed condition, and the Marshal class being added to the game are all -super- close at hand. Also the Combat Maneuver system for fighty-types...

... I love the whole system, okay?!

 

[ojacid]

Fave first-read concept: A fatigue level when dropped to 0 hp.

 

[Morrus]

Fave first-read concept: A fatigue level when dropped to 0 hp.

I like that too.

 

[rules.mechanic]

The parrying property. But there are so many clever tweaks that happily cover or replace almost every homebrew I've been using - I'm looking forward to playing by the book again!