13th Age - Foolz!

Contents
CONTENTS ....................................... 2
INTRODUCTION ............................. 7
STARTING 13 TH AGE .................. 7
The roleplaying . . . ......................... 7
The rollplaying . . . .......................... 7
ABOUT THAT ROLEPLAYING:
WHAT ARE ICONS AND HOW
CAN THEY BE USED? ................ 7
A CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER
INTRODUCTION ........................ 8
SO THE DESIGNERS WORKED ON
3E AND ON 4E. HOW DOES THIS
COMPARE? .................................. 8
IF YOUR GROUP WON’T SWITCH
TO A NEW SYSTEM . . . .............. 9
YOU HAD ME AT “STORY”...... 9
GLOSSARY ................................... 9
CHAPTER 1: ICONS ...................... 15
ARCHMAGE .............................. 17
CRUSADER ................................ 19
DIABOLIST ................................. 20
DWARF KING ............................ 22
ELF QUEEN ................................ 23
EMPEROR ................................... 24
GREAT GOLD WYRM .............. 25
HIGH DRUID ............................. 26
LICH KING ................................. 27
ORC LORD ................................. 28
PRIESTESS .................................. 29
PRINCE OF SHADOWS ........... 30
THE THREE ................................ 31
ICON ALIGNMENT .................. 32
Icon Alignment ............................. 32
CHAPTER 2: CHARACTER RULES
........................................................... 33
CHARACTER CREATION
OVERVIEW ................................ 33
Character Creation Checklist ...... 33
CHOOSE RACE ......................... 34
CHOOSE CLASS ........................ 34
GENERATE ABILITY SCORES 34
Roll ‘em .......................................... 34
Point Buy ....................................... 35
COMBAT STATS ....................... 35
First-level Hit Points ..................... 35
Armor Class ................................... 35
Physical Defense ........................... 35
Mental Defense .............................. 36
Initiative ......................................... 36
Recoveries & Recovery Dice ........ 36
Attacks and Powers ...................... 36
YOUR ONE UNIQUE THING .. 36
One Unique Thing Examples ...... 38
ICON RELATIONSHIPS ........... 41
Icon Relationships Master Chart . 42
Relationship Points ....................... 43
Gamemaster Advice: Icons .......... 43
Heroic Icons ................................... 44
Ambiguous Icons .......................... 44
Villainous Icons ............................. 44
Changing Relationships ............... 46
BACKGROUNDS & SKILL CHECKS
...................................................... 46
Assigning Background Points ..... 47
Making Skill Checks: .................... 47
Short List of Possible Backgrounds
......................................................... 49
Natural 20s and Fumbles with Skill
Checks ............................................ 49
Fail Forward! ................................. 50
Background/Skill Advancement . 51
FEATS .......................................... 52
General Feats ................................. 52
GEAR ........................................... 64
Armor Categories .......................... 65
Melee Weapon Categories ........... 65
Ranged Weapon Categories ........ 65
Economy & Price Lists .................. 66
ADVICE FOR PLAYERS ........... 69
Create Dramatic Stories ................ 69
Telegraph Your Intent .................. 69
CHAPTER 3: RACES....................... 71
MAJOR RACES .......................... 71
Race Ability Score Adjustments .. 71
Race Powers ................................... 71
HUMANS .................................... 71
DWARVES .................................. 72
HALF-ORCS ............................... 72
ELVES .......................................... 73
Dark Elves ...................................... 73
High Elves ...................................... 73
Wood Elves .................................... 73
The Three Shards of the Elven
People ............................................. 74
Elven Woods .................................. 74
GNOMES ..................................... 75
HALF-ELVES .............................. 75
HALFLINGS ............................... 76
The Origins of Halflings ............... 76
OPTIONAL PC RACES ............. 77
Race Ability Score Adjustments .. 77
Dragonic/Dragonspawn ............... 77
Holy One/Aasimar ........................ 78
Steelborn/Dwarf-forged ............... 78
Tieflings/Demontouched .............. 78
CHAPTER 4: CLASSES .................. 80
CLASS BASICS ........................... 80
Ease of Play .................................... 80
Customization ............................... 80
Spell Progression ........................... 80
Shifting Choices as You Adventure
......................................................... 81
Starting Stats for First Level
Characters ...................................... 82
BARBARIAN............................... 83
Overview ........................................ 83
Gear ................................................. 83
Barbarian Level Progression ........ 84
Barbarian 1 st Level Stats................ 85
Barbarian Class Features .............. 86
Adventurer Tier Talents
(Barbarian) ..................................... 86
Champion Tier Talents (Barbarian)
......................................................... 87
Epic Tier Talents (Barbarian) ....... 87
BARD ........................................... 89
Overview ........................................ 89
Bard Powers ................................... 89
Gear ................................................. 90
Bard Level Progression ................. 92
Bard 1 st Level Stats ........................ 93
Bard Class Talents ......................... 94
1 st Level Battle Cries ...................... 96
1st Level Spells & Songs ............... 96
3 rd Level Battle Cries ..................... 98
3 rd Level Songs & Spells................ 99
5 th Level Battle Cries ................... 100
5 th Level Songs & Spells .............. 100
7 th Level Battle Cries ................... 100
7 th Level Songs & Spells .............. 100
9 th Level Battle Cries ................... 101
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