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The 13th Age Midgard Bestiary does disease tracks pretty much the same as 4E. The disease has 3 "stages," and at each full heal up you roll a Con check with a failure moving you one step along the disease track, and a success moving you down. The one disease that I checked (White Ghost...

While I wouldn't go quite as far as making traps lethal (though they might be if the PC is like my players and doesn't spend as many recoveries as they should after a battle), I'm inclined to make them pretty rare, but much nastier than the suggestions in the core book. I like the philosophy of...

Good overview! One way to approach the issue is to think about how you define "tactical" in a tabletop RPG. Good tactics involve choosing the best options to maximize your results, and usually this gets tied pretty strongly to grids, positioning, flanking, complicated spells/maneuvers, etc...

Some Wizard spells I've converted. And Part 2. And Sorcerer spells.

In my last campaign the problem with combat length was partially party composition, and partially because my group sometimes has issues with people leaving the room for smoke breaks, paying more attention to smart phones, etc. (which isn't a fault of the system). The party was problematic...

This might be right up your alley. I created it for the Paladin player in my campaign who wanted more complexity but had no interest in Cleric spells or domains.

As one of the 13th Age Paladin's most vocal critics in those arguments, I'd say that the problem is more that the class is boring as opposed to underpowered. Even with Smite Evil, our group's Paladin is easily the least offense-oriented in the party (which includes a healing-specced Cleric that...

Thanks guys, this has been really helpful! I'm leaning more towards Bard at this point, though I'll take a look at the Magus after work maybe. I was thinking the Arcane Duelist build from the APG looked pretty spot-on for my concept. How does this compare with other builds? I looked at the...

Already posted this on rpgnet forums, but I figured I'd try here, too (wasn't getting any bites there). Ok, so first thing's first. I first started RPing using 3rd edition, but switched over to 4E when that came out and since then I've been playing several other systems, generally leaning...

Oh, I absolutely agree 100%. The RotJ fight has emotional underpinnings brought to the forefront partially because the viewer isn't distracted by flashy acrobats. But that fight also just carries a lot more weight in general. It's a crucial moment because Luke succumbs to anger (to his...

At the risk of making a very generalized statement, I just realized how funny it is that so many Star Wars fans are eager to disown the prequels, and yet get so upset about the exclusion of full-on Jedi Knights from a game about the OT. Seriously, the Force Sensitive Exile describes every...

Hmm, admittedly no Sand People in the adversaries chapter is an oversight, but Jawas probably don't need a stat block. I would argue that there's a LOT about the Empire in the book; a major theme is avoiding any Imperial entanglements. Only Luke got to fly in an X-Wing, and that was only at...

Yes, there's certainly EU stuff in there. But "nothing to do with the movies?" ANH was exactly the stuff from EotE.

I for one really appreciate the amount of detail that was put into Edge of the Empire. Yes, it's just the "fringer" aspect of Star Wars, but the book's nearly 450 pages! In two years Jedi will get that same attention to detail. But more importantly, people will have been playing the game for...

I have also reviewed this product (if anyone's interested, check it out), and IMO the generalization that it's simply more complexity is a little unfair. I can't disagree too much with your assessment of the first chapter; I personally don't have a problem with 4E's gamist grid and think of...

I'll throw in another vote for The One Ring; it might just be my favorite system right now. The Tolkien "feel" is present in nearly every aspect of the game, from the emphasis on journeys, to the encounter structure, to the shadow, hope, fellowship, and fatigue systems, etc. The arrangement of...

Eh, the way I look at it I'm paying $30 for a full game as opposed to (likely) $60 for a slightly more polished full game. I'll only buy the final version if a) there are drastic rules changes that are too impractical to utilize in conjunction with the beta, and b) if it's popular enough with...

I just caved and ordered it off of the website (I REALLY need to reign in my TTRPG purchases lately!). Personally, I'm ECSTATIC that they included Gand. When I was younger for some reason I really latched onto Zuckuss. I was all about the bounty hunters, and he was my second favorite (after...