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CHOOSE RACE
Choose your character’s race from this list. 13 th
Age is less restrictive than other d20 games, and
your racial choice won’t limit your class
selection.
Human
Dwarf
Dark Elf (drow)
High Elf
Wood Elf
Gnome
Half-elf
Halfling
Half-orc
You get a +2 racial bonus to one of the two or
more ability scores associated with your race.
The bonus can’t be applied to the same ability
score that you choose for your class bonus. You
also get racial features based on your race.
See Chapter 3: Races for stats and
background details for these races, as well as
shorter notes on four other common d20 racial
options (holy ones, dragonic, steelborn, and
tieflings).
Nonstandard races: Players can always
come up with their own unique stories. The
system is designed to be simple enough that
gamers can improvise. If you want to play a
different race from ones listed here, pitch the
idea to your GM. You might find your pitch
easier to make if your new racial choice lines up
closely to the mechanical features of a supported
race even if its flavor is very different. For
example, if you want to be a one-off, halfsuccessful
experiment in artificial life created by
the Archmage, you can bolster your case if you
say you’ll take the racial features of a supported
race. “Half-orc” would be an obvious choice, but
it could be anything.
CHOOSE CLASS
Choose your character’s class from this list.
Barbarian
Bard
Cleric
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Fighter
Paladin
Ranger
Rogue
Sorcerer
Wizard
You gain a +2 class bonus to one of the two or
more ability scores associated with your class.
The bonus can’t be applied to the same ability
score that you choose for your racial bonus. Go
to Chapter 4: Classes to see which ability scores
give a bonus for that class.
Multiclassing
We recognize that fighter/wizards and
barbarian/sorcerers are a staple of many fantasy
campaigns, but we’re not supporting
multiclassing in this book. The multiclassing
rules will appear in an expansion for the system.
For now, a few classes have features and talents
that let them borrow from closely associated
classes, including the paladin’s Cleric Training
talent, two ranger talents that allow limited
spellcasting from the cleric or sorcerer classes,
and the sorcerer’s limited access to wizard
spells.
GENERATE ABILITY SCORES
We use different methods to create 13 th Age
characters. Rob lets players roll their ability
scores if they want to because he thinks it’s fun
and it suits the system’s old-school spirit.
Jonathan has players use the point-buy system
to keep things fair. You can use whichever
system or mix of options you prefer; we think
it’s fine if some players roll their ability scores
while others use the point-buy system.
Roll ‘em
Roll 4d6 for each of the six ability scores
(Strength, Constitution, Dexterity, Intelligence,
Wisdom, and Charisma). Drop the low die in
each roll. Put the scores into any order to best fit
the character you want to play.