I had Intentions of writing this post on the Monday of Gencon itself, when it was due. That’s the sort of stupid idea you have after six days of little sleep and absurd heat. Plus, we had a Pelgrane planning meeting, where we discussed awesome things to come, and how we’re going to celebrate the […]
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Despite our chatty and occasionally informative sidebars, we don’t get around to explaining all our design decisions in 13th Age. Today we’ll take a look at a 13 True Ways design choice that could use a bit of explanation. Multiclass penalties The multiclass system in chapter 2 of 13 True Ways is a tool whose […]
This week, Tales of the 13th Age GMs receive The Battle of Axis — an adventure that brings the first season of 13th Age organized play to a thundering conclusion! The fact that 13th Age organized play exists at all is a minor miracle wrought by ASH LAW. Rob Heinsoo originally believed that 13th Age’s […]
Robin Laws’ multi-award-winning Hillfolk is a great game in its own right, but its DramaSystem engine includes a toolkit for describing and dissecting characters that can be used in other games. One of these tools is the concept of dramatic poles. To quote Robin: “Driving any compelling dramatic character in any story form is an internal contradiction. The character […]
This article offers a way you can use the 13th Age Escalation Die in your GUMSHOE games. GUMSHOE games and 13th Age manage the narrative flow of combat – the emotional upbeats and downbeats – very differently. In all GUMSHOE games, players usually start a battle with more combat resources than when the battle is […]
by Rob Heinsoo Here are answers to the trivia questions from a few days ago, along with bonus stories and links. A. What monster in the core 13th Age rulebook became one of the player characters in my home campaign? The demon-touched human ranger on page 235 is one of just two human antagonists in […]
By Rob Heinsoo Welcome to the first-ever 13th Age Trivia & Miscellany 7-Question Non-Contest Experience. If you’re into trivia contests, oh happy day, hooray. Make your answers to one more questions as comments below and we’ll give a shout out later to the first person who correctly answered each specific question. If puzzling over obscure […]
Coming Soon ASH LAW reports that The Battle of Axis will be the next adventure in our Tales of the 13th Age organized play program. This epic-tier adventure features a multi-session battle against the undead in the very heart of the Dragon Empire! Gen Con Play Events Sold Out We submitted nearly 70 organized play […]
Released for Free RPG Day 2015, this adventure is available as part of the 13th Age Monthly Vol. 1 and the Ken Writes About Stuff Vol. 3 subscriptions. It’s also available through your local bricks-and-mortar retailer. TWO QUICK-START ADVENTURES – ONE BOOK Night’s Black Agents – The Harker Intrusion Once, you were a spy. From Moscow to […]
Originally released for Free RPG Day 2014, this adventure is available as part of 13th Age Monthly Vol. 1, or on this page. The town of Harrowdale holds a treasure. An army of trolls wants that treasure. You must hold the town until the Imperial dragon cavalry arrives. You’re outnumbered and your forces are outmatched – and to cap […]