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 Massive thanks to kwadrat and -Fish- for helping collect a lot of the stuff in this OP. What is 13th Age? 13th Age is a d20-based RPG from the minds of Rob Heinsoo (lead designer of 4th edition D&D®) and Jonathan Tweet (lead designer of 3rd edition D&D®, Over the Edge and Everway) published by Pelgrane Press in 2013. Designed for experienced GMs and any type of player, 13th Age offers a fresh take on a familiar tabletop experience. Pelgrane Press gave Rob and Jonathan total freedom to create the game they most wanted to play. They brought the best parts of the great d20-rolling fantasy tradition together with innovative new rules, resulting in a game that EN World readers named “2013’s Most Anticipated RPG”.    What makes it so cool? Owlbears.  Okay, the game has more than Owlbears going for it - but they still are drat cool. In the 13th Age of the world, adventurers seek their fortunes in the Dragon Empire while powerful individuals known as Icons pursue goals that may preserve the empire from chaos, or send it over the edge. Players decide which Icons their characters ally with, and which ones they oppose. These relationships, along with a personal history and a unique trait chosen during character creation, help define an adventurer’s place in the world of 13th Age and lay the groundwork for epic stories that emerge through play. There are also fun new rules for hitting orcs and making them go splat. 13th Age was playtested in 2012 by more than 200 gaming groups around the world. The game was published by Pelgrane Press in August 2013. Some more great things about 13th Age:
“Our goal with 13th Age is to recapture the free-wheeling style of old-school gaming by creating a game with more soul and fewer technical details. …13th Age makes the play group’s campaign the center of attention, with a toolkit of rules that you can pick and choose from based on the kind of game you want to play. The mechanics draw from classic games as well as newer, story-based games.” – Jonathan Tweet, co-designer What do I need to play this game? What books must I/can I buy?!? You really only need the core, 13th Age rulebook. You can purchase it in PDF via DriveThruRPG or in physical hardback from either the Pelgrane Press eShop or Amazon, etc etc. There are, however many more books you can buy, or will be able to buy soon! Out now! The Midgard Bestiary - A collection of over 100 monsters for the Midgard Campaign setting by Kobold Press. Very cool and unique monsters, along with helpful flavor texts that will give you adventure hooks, magic item ideas and more! Make Your Own Luck - A free module that was released for Free RPG day on June 21st, 2014. If you got one, congratulations! It may show up as a downloadable PDF someday, but as part of the Free RPG promotion, it has to remain print-only via FRPGD for at least a few months. Pre-Orders / PDF Released / Shipping Soon! The 13th Age Bestiary - The official Bestiary / Monster Compendium for 13th Age. Yes, the core book has a large selection of monsters already, but this 220 page full color hardback book looks to be amazing. Pre-orderers already have the fully laid out PDF in their hands, and the first print proofs have been seen - so we will see this ship in June/July 2014! 13 True Ways - Originally a Kickstarter, this received incredible success and funding! 13 True Ways is the first expansion book for 13th Age - containing more information on the Dragon Empire, some new monsters, and new classes - including such diverse choices as the Monk, Druid, Commander, Chaos Mage, Occultist and Necromancer! Now available for pre-order, and pre-orders get their PDF's before it ships! (Updated: 27JUN2014) Plus, see the Something Awful community dungeon!  Shadows of Eldolan - A first level adventure full of intrigue, mages, and dead things! The Book of Loot - A collection of potent and quirky Icon-featured items. Coming Soon! Eyes of the Stone Thief - A massive, level 4-7 adventure telling the tale of a Living Dungeon that hates you and wants you to suffer and die! Shards of the Broken Sky - A sandbox adventure that is set amidst the crash of one of the Archmage's flying realms. Deep Magic - A collection of Icon-themed magic items. Mentioned in a page update, no release date given. Links: www.13thage.com - The official home of 13th Age at Pelgrane Press' website. Tales of the 13th Age - The home for 13th Age Organized Play - currently about to start it's second year with almost a dozen adventures under it's belt. Google+ Community - The Google+ Community for 13th Age. Official 13th Age Facebook Page - For folks who like the Facebooks. Vault of the 13th Age - A central repository for all 13th Age community-created content. 13th Age Maps - Maps created by ASH LAW for 13the Age, many of which were used in the Organized Play program. ICON - ICON is a new fanzine devoted to 13th Age fans. 13th Age News - A weekly 'newspaper' of the top 13th Age news stories around the internet. Previous Thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3473530 Homebrew Classes These have been culled from the previous thread. The Gunslinger by Serf - WIP (originally posted here) The Runecaster by Good Username Here - WIP (originally posted here) The Wright by PlasmaMan - WIP (originally posted here) The Thief by Doublehex - WIP ver 0.2 (originally posted here) The Lurker by RyvenCedrylle and -Fish- - polished version (originally posted here) The Martial Artist by RyvenCedrylle (originally posted SOMEWHERE) The Seeker by Captain Walker - ver 0.8 (originally posted here) The Field Commander by RyvenCedrylle - polished version (originally posted here) The Dilettante by RyvenCedrylle - polished version (originally posted here) The Elemental Knight The Fury The Thaumineer The Vanguard The Witch The Duellist by icks Homebrew Other Death To Ability Scores writeup by Myrmidongs (originally posted here) Pyromancer general Class Talent by -Fish- (originally posted here) Dragoon general Class Talent by -Fish- (originally posted here) Assorted humanoid monsters (lvl 3) by Doublehex (originally posted here) Assorted undead monsters (lvls 3-6) by Doublehex (originally posted here) Paladin's Shadow Class Talent by Helmet 10 Warehouse 8 new races by Covok (originally posted here) Bloated Reaper (lvl 9) by PublicOpinion (originally posted here) Even Roguer Elements (lvl 11) by PublicOpinion (originally posted here) Extended Grappling Rules by RyvenCedrylle (originally posted here) Hotblooded and Stormlord Barbarian Class Talents by PublicOpinion 13th Age Zelda Races by -Fish- (originally posted here) Demon themed monsters (lvls 7-9) by PublicOpinion (originally posted here) Serf's Age of Guns Serf's 13th Age Firearms Rules v.2 - WIP (originally posted here and initial version here) Think Real Careful - Paladin Class Talent by Serf Other useful stuff THE post on Backgrounds aka why Manbird and Batman are equally Setup macros for Roll20 escalation die by PublicOpinion Setup macros for Roll20 attributes by Jackard Filthy Bribes - alternative approach to handling currency by Bedlamdan Kenderama fucked around with this message at 14:18 on Oct 15, 2014 |
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Grabbing this post in case I need to add even more stuff at a later date. GenCon 2014 Videos: Wade Rockett posted:! Rob Heinsoo, ASH LAW, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan and Philippe-Antoine Menard talk adventure design. Thanks to Kenderama for filming and editing. Kenderama posted:Rob Heinsoo, Mike Shea, Ruth "Cthulhu Chick" and Wade Rockett talk about running the 13th Age Roleplaying Game, with tips on handling One Unique Things, backgrounds, icon relationships and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftByIXXaSRs Silly Stuff: Forum member and 13th Age Community manager Wade Rockett humiliating himself after a failure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JCHridDHJw 27JUN2014: Added update for 13 True Ways. 10JUL2014: Added Wade video 01AUG2014: Updated Seeker link, moved Shadows and Book of Loot to pre-order status. Kenderama fucked around with this message at 13:54 on Aug 28, 2014 |
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Give me a list and I'll add 'em!
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SirFozzie posted:(PP link) http://pelgranepress.com/site/?p=12301 Ah these are all part of being part of Tales of the 13th Age - which is linked in the URL section at the bottom.
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Jackard posted:I feel links such as website and the ICON fanzine should be more prominent in the OP. Vault isn't down - not sure what you are trying to connect to. http://www.13thage.org I will move them up before the community content - it's a good point. Hashtag Yoloswag posted:Oh god why did you put the Scholar in the OP it's bad (and a WIP) I'll remove it. I was basing most of that stuff off of kwadrat's post that assembled the stuff that was in the last thread.
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Clear your cookies and cache and try again, or use a different browser? I just tried it on my home computer and my iPad and it is most definitely up.
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One of the guys who is new to 13th Age in my friday night group (where I actually get to play! yay!) wanted to be a Fighter, but with the ability to use poison in varying unique and different ways. I've been working with the DM to try and come up with some abilities for him - thought I would throw them up here and get some feedback. The player loves them, but I'm not sure about how balanced they are. He's only level 2 so I haven't thought about it too much yet. Poisoner (Talent / Class Feature) For a fighter, this took up one of his Class Talent slots. Gain access to Poisoner attacks. (Requires alchemy kit.) 1st Level Toxins Paralytic Strike - Once per Battle Attack (Poison) Flexible Melee Attack Triggering Roll: Natural 18-20 Effect: You use your most accurate strike to inflict a paralytic agent on your enemy, which slows and weakens his reactions. (Normal save ends. (Hard save once foe is staggered.) Target becomes Vulnerable to attacks. First Failed Save: Target is also Dazed. Second Failed Save: Target is now Weakened. Third Failed Save: Target is now Stunned. Adventurer Feat: Can now be used on Ranged attacks. Champion Feat: Triggering Roll is now a Natural 17-20. Epic Feat: Can be used twice per battle. Methods of Madness - Daily Attack (Poison) Flexible Melee Attack Special: The Escalation Die must be 3+ and you have to have hit at least once earlier in the battle with a Poison Attack. Triggering Roll: Natural Odd Hit Effect: The chemical reactions of your poison mix badly in the subject causing a fit of madness to overtake him. Target becomes Vulnerable to you and your allies as he starts to giggle madly and lose his focus. Hard (16+) save to recover. First Failed Save: Target takes a -2 penalty to all defenses. Second Failed Save: Penalty to all defenses increases to -4. Adventurer Feat: Can now be used on Ranged attacks. Kenderama fucked around with this message at 13:42 on May 14, 2014 |
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CaptainPsyko posted:I like it, my first instinct on what's missing is to probably toss the player a free point or two (or at least make the talent require a few points) in a 'poison' or 'alchemy' related background. Heh, yeah he likes the Fighter but wants to be a poisoner. He actually built the character around the concept of being an alchemist /herbalist.
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Tsilkani posted:Couple of classes you missed: Updated.
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Doublehex posted:Please, for the love of all this holy, record these and put them online. That actually is being looked into. And I know there are more 13th Age games to be added to GenCon. That being said - we can still use more GM's for 13th Age at GenCon! Email or PM me and I'll get you into the system.
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Followup - some notes on the Vault. Apparently when I did security updates on Joomla earlier this month it changed something the template I was using needed - now you can't edit things while using that template. So I'm trying to come up with a new template for the site without breaking the readability of what is there. So if you see anything odd over the next few days - that is probably me trying to get a new theme/template up.
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Doublehex posted:I'll do it! Get enough hours and we'll do your badge. 
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RyvenCedrylle posted:I'm not much of a coder but if it's a similar DC as adding to the old offline 4E character builder, I can probably at least fail forward. I was thinking about doing this same sorta thing with Hero Lab.. I can't program, but I can data-entry and proofread like crazy!
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Simian_Prime posted:Only that it's titled "Make Your Own Luck", and that the proposed cover has a picture of The Diabolist on it. Written by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan - which immediately makes it most likely amazing.
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Doublehex posted:I have no idea who that is. Ah, sorry. I've read and used some of his stuff before. He's got a great sense of adventure with a bit of humor.
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Btw, the latest View from the Pelgrane's Nest is up: http://pelgranepress.com/site/?p=15203 Wanna see sexy? Check out the new Drakkenhall map:  (Full size it at the link above - plus more layout samples from 13TW)
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HomegrownHydra posted:We should have a steady release schedule from here on out. We get the Bestiary this month, 13 True Ways in August, and probably three adventures after that. 2015 will be even better. The main book came out at GenCon last year as well.
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Golden Bee posted:The first time the dwarf doesn't end his turn 10' away from an enemy, you'll have a convert. Dear God, this. I ran a demo for some of the people I play PFS with, and they were ecstatic over the combat system. The halflings loved being mobile and when I said "Sure you can get to the bulette and run up it's back!" instead of "I dunno, count squares, and the bulette is difficult terrain..."
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-Fish- posted:Awww yiss. Just found out I get to go to Gencon for a day this year. Wife's parents will be in town and volunteered to watch the kids. Now to figure out which 13th Age game to play in.
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Yup, just got the link too. drat this book is pretty. Already working on creating pregens to use this weekend at a local GameDay. Edit: I love our Dungeon entry.
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13 True Ways is now available to download! Pre-orderers - go!
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Head's up, everyone! Jonathan Tweet is holding an AMA on Reddit at 2pm ET http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA Ostensibly to discuss his recent Kickstarter, but no reason we can't ask him +13th Age questions! Please tune in!
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Pelgrane Press Shopping Much better than owlbear hug Since you keep your arms.
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Hey guys, I need some internet help. Apparently my One Unique Thing idea got picked in the top 5 for a contest for a game to be run at GenCon, but someone else's is kicking my rear end. Check them out at http://therpgacademy.com/vote-for-your-favorite-one-unique-thing/ and if you feel mine is worthy, please vote for me. ("My Pc’s emotions were traded to an Elder God at birth, so he is perplexed by most people.") If not, please close the browser and walk away. If you do vote, you can legally view this video again of Wade being silly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JCHridDHJw
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Kickstarter update just went out about 13TW:Wade Rockett posted:A full blog post is coming from Rob soon, but we wanted you to be the first to hear this news: we're planning to drop-ship print copies of 13 True Ways direct from the printer to Kickstarter backers and pre-order customers in early August. Those shipments will be books only: Kickstarter extras will be another shipment later.
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Captain Walker posted:The OP's link is busted. Current version here Fixed in the OP now. Thanks!
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I really want to spend some time and remake the paladin but using the fighter as a basis. Creating/reskinning holy / smite-y based flexible attacks and such. I love the fighter mechanic, but I despise that paladin is so boring.
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PublicOpinion posted:Does anyone have any 3rd level pregens just laying around? I think I'll try and scare up a 4-person group tomorrow to test some of the adventure with Skype+Roll20. CaptainPsyko posted:There are level 1-10 pregens for every class on THe vault IIRC. Correct. https://www.13thage.org Working on TW classes - but dear god, the Monk is going to be impossible to fit on two pages. Chaos Mage will probably just say "See Book"
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PublicOpinion posted:I'm slooowly putting all my custom monsters into a standard format and altering/adding flavor to make them more generally applicable. The ongoing effort is indexed here. I'd also suggest putting these up on https://www.13thage.org as well so more people find them. Looking good!
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More video from GenCon! Rob Heinsoo, Mike Shea, Ruth "Cthulhu Chick" and Wade Rockett talk about running the 13th Age Roleplaying Game, with tips on handling One Unique Things, backgrounds, icon relationships and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftByIXXaSRs
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Jon Joe posted:If the OP is still being updated, I found a really sweet homebrew class to add to it, the Witch Updated.
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I actually had a gnome necromancer in my OP game accidentally (1's are a bitch) unholy blast his skeletal minion into dust. So instead of resummoning it, once the party had defeated it's troll opponent, he stripped the corpse clean, reanimated it as his new skeletal companion and climbed inside to use it "Like Ripley and the power armor in Aliens." Kenderama fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Oct 6, 2014 |
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Loki_XLII posted:I was more thinking about the two-weapon attacking talent, anyway, but is there anything stopping somebody from dual wielding hand crossbows? Losing a round to reload?
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PublicOpinion posted:You sure? I can't find anything that makes it seem like Empowering doesn't apply to the entire spell. I don't see anything that would nerf Gather Power this way. It affects the Spell that is cast next, not the attack. And yes, nothing gives players a Sorcerer-boner like an empowered spell critting for triple damage and then going on to hit someone else due to the even roll.
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I'm finally getting to *play* 13th Age instead of run it, and our current GM has just ripped us out of the Dragon Empire and into this new shadowy realm where there are all these mists that can kill us, and Vampires that roam the land (Yes, Ravenloft sort-of, but it's a mystery to our characters) - so we don't know the power structures yet. This makes Icon Relationships a mess, so I stole an idea from Star Wars and we are using Icon Relationships like a "Benny Pool" sort of how SW does Force Points. At the start of each session, everyone rolls their Icon Relationship dice. 5s and 6s become "Player Points" and 1s and 2s become "NPC Points" for the GM to use. Whenever you want to do something cool, or bend the story a bit, you describe your action as theatrically as you can: "When I bring my sword up for my next cut at him, I'm going to make sure to drag it through the hot coals of the fire so they fly up and into his eyes, dazing him as well!" then flip the point from Player side to NPC side (we use poker chips) and do your attack. If the GM likes your idea he might give it to you if you hit, or maybe even if you miss, or perhaps he flips the point back over because you rolled a 1 and the cinders go flying down the back of your rogue buddy who was behind the guy you were trying to hit. It creates a neat economy of these going back and forth. Still testing it, but after a couple sessions it's going over well.
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