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Character 2 - 13th Age

 Right, so I've played exactly one session of 13th Age several years ago at GenCon, but that was enough to convince me to buy the book. It's a fun fantasy setting from Pelgrane Press that uses a fairly generic OGL d20 resolution mechanic. The biggest difference between this and other OGL systems is the introduction of Icons and One Unique Things. Icons are hugely powerful NPCs that your character has a connection to and One Unique Things are well... things that make your character unique. You want to be the only Dwarf in the world? Sure. You want to have the only little robot buddy in the world? Go nuts! But we're not here to discuss systems, we're here to make characters so let's get to it! So this is a pretty bog standard character creation system until about the halfway point. See if you can pick from the list where it goes off the usual formula if you're familiar with the OGL system! In brief the steps are: Choose your race. Choose your class. Generate your ...