It’s a bigger shift than Pathfinder was from 3.5. There’s universal maneuvers like Press The Attack that used to be the realm of dedicated class features. Others noted, it’s a lot like Pathfinder, but more extreme, since Pathfinder did not change many basic mechanics from 3.5, it just added new ones. That’s fine since the two are different rule sets, and you can totally use Level Up to run a module written for D&D, but no, you can’t really play D&D classes with Level Up classes since they won’t work the way they used to. There are a lot of examples of how O5E builds “don’t work” anymore with the new rule set. Same with a fighter built around optimized nova rounds with Great Weapon Master.Ī Wizard focused on shutting down enemy spellcasters with counterspell loses their effectiveness. They can now eat an enemy’s reaction, instead, so the feats they used to rely on to perform don’t exist in the same form. If someone played a Barbarian who used original Polearm Master and Sentinel together to act as a defender for weaker party members by hitting an enemy as it closed range and stopping its movement, their character doesn’t exist in Level Up, due to feat changes. There are bigger issues for martial classes than some are noting. But this is pretty much 5E with more knobs and dials. If those classes aren't compatible with D&D then Eberron isn't either. Eberron has a new class in it Level Up has 13 new classes. Their definition of 'compatible' pretty much means most official D&D books aren't compatible with D&D, because they contain new content or rules. There are some people posting online that LU is not compatible with D&D, but what they means is it's not identical to D&D. My measure is: can I run a D&D adventure with these rules? The answer is yes. Now different people might have different definitions of what 'compatible' means ranging from 'it has to be an exact reprint of D&D word for word or its a totally different game' all the way to 'if it uses a d20 it's compatible'. Some things have changed, but they all still use the core 5E system. That's what Level Up does, on a grander scale. Level Up is compatible with 5E if Tasha's Cauldron of Everything is compatible with 5E. Level Up isn't the same as D&D 5E (otherwise why buy it?) but it is compatible with it. So this quesiton seems to come up a lot, and I thought I'd quickly dive into it. I'm comfortable with XP, just the leveling up 'experience' for the players is my main concern.Short answer: yes.

So - how do you handle leveling up? Like the old AD&D days, like a video game? Something in between?Īnd then there's this whole Milestone thing, is that the 'new' way of doing things? << I'm not as interested in this question, just passing curiosity. I couldn't find anything like the AD&D rules in the rulebooks. Sometimes they even hold off until their health is low and then level up to get a HP boost. When I was a kid, you had to find a master, spend money, spend a few weeks in game time to 'gain the knowledge of the next level.' But my kids are used to video games where you 'Level Up' jump to your character screen buff yourself, and continue the combat you are currently in. We played over the weekend and they went from 1st level to 2nd level. Now my kids want to play so I'm doing the whole '5e' thing. I played AD&D (the original 70's version). I know this has to be in the forum already, I searched and was unsuccessful. Monstrous Compendium Vol 3: Minecraft Creatures

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