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[13th Age] Dark Pacts & Ancient Secrets is out: 6 new classes for your 13th Age game
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<blockquote data-quote="mkill" data-source="post: 7210474" data-attributes="member: 55985"><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Gents, ladies, it's out, it's available, it's for sale!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">You can now buy the PDF of my book and awaken the monster in you. Or the true powers of your mind. Or the dark soul you've sold to the Diabolist <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😈" title="Smiling face with horns :smiling_imp:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f608.png" data-shortname=":smiling_imp:" /> The print version is in preparation. Proofs are shipped but haven't arrived at my door yet. Stay tuned on that.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span><a href="http://drivethrurpg.com/product/219473/Dark-Pacts--Ancient-Secrets-13th-Age-Compatible" target="_blank">http://drivethrurpg.com/product/219473/Dark-Pacts--Ancient-Secrets-13th-Age-Compatible</a><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">The new classes are:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><strong>The Abomination</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Characters that turn into a monster are a staple in gothic novels, superhero comics and fighting games, but in fantasy RPGs they’ve never quite made it from the monster handbook to the player manual. This class allowed me to showcase everything that is great about the 13th Age Roleplaying Game, the class features, talents, and flexible attacks. Each abomination is literally a One Unique thing, whether it’s a living torch, a walking plant thing, or a lightning-charged brawler from the jungle.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><strong>The Fateweaver</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">In a tabletop RPG, your character can try anything, but they are always slave to the luck of the dice. What if you could break that wall and manipulate the dice directly? What if your spells didn’t just affect the game world, but the narrative? With the fateweaver, you stay two steps ahead, always in control, moving your allies like pawns on a chessboard. At epic levels, you can rewrite the story as it unfolds. You can see the future, mend the past and even discover a version of yourself that never was.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><strong>The Psion</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Ask any old-school gamer, and they will tell you that they either love or hate psionics. It’s always been that other, di erent magic system that is rooted in science ction and cyberpunk as much as fantasy. e version presented in this book tries to stay close to the roots, with the six classic disciplines and a power point system. It’s a complex class that o ers a wide variety of ways to build your character. e exibility also translates into play, with the ability to augment each power as you manifest it.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><strong>The Savage</strong></span></span><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">You love RPGs because you can blow off steam and smash things? With the savage, you get angrier and smash harder. You have some additional tricks like rushing head first into battle and shouting at people and shaking off wounds. The core message is: You carry a big sword. You attack, and when you hit, you roll damage. Then you attack again and when you hit, you roll more damage. Then you level up, and you roll more dice and bigger dice.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">The Swordmage</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Swing a sword with one hand, ing spells with the other. The class in this book is a dedicated defender, combining a high armor class with a sigil power that punishes enemies for ignoring you and attacking your squishier allies. Your spells add fire and lightning to your melee attacks, or block incoming strikes. As a frontline fighter, the swordmage is not quite as tough as the fighter or the paladin, but you’ll have many tricks up your sleeve that more than make up for it. Also, you have a flaming sword.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><strong>The Warlock</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #292F34"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Warlocks gain their power through a pact with a powerful entity, represented in this game through the icons. Your spells come in three flavors: curses that weaken your enemies, blasts that melt their faces, and hexes that protect you. It’s a tremendous power that never runs out, but it comes with the risk that one day, your pact lord will come to collect the debt. As the old saying goes: the wizard memorizes the textbook, the sorcerer naps in class but still aces the test, and the warlock sleeps with the teacher.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mkill, post: 7210474, member: 55985"] [COLOR=#292F34][FONT=verdana]Gents, ladies, it's out, it's available, it's for sale![/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#292F34][FONT=verdana]You can now buy the PDF of my book and awaken the monster in you. Or the true powers of your mind. Or the dark soul you've sold to the Diabolist 😈 The print version is in preparation. Proofs are shipped but haven't arrived at my door yet. Stay tuned on that.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#292F34][FONT=verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR][URL]http://drivethrurpg.com/product/219473/Dark-Pacts--Ancient-Secrets-13th-Age-Compatible[/URL][COLOR=#292F34][FONT=verdana] The new classes are:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#292F34][FONT=verdana] [B]The Abomination[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#292F34][FONT=verdana] Characters that turn into a monster are a staple in gothic novels, superhero comics and fighting games, but in fantasy RPGs they’ve never quite made it from the monster handbook to the player manual. This class allowed me to showcase everything that is great about the 13th Age Roleplaying Game, the class features, talents, and flexible attacks. Each abomination is literally a One Unique thing, whether it’s a living torch, a walking plant thing, or a lightning-charged brawler from the jungle.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#292F34][FONT=verdana] [B]The Fateweaver[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#292F34][FONT=verdana] In a tabletop RPG, your character can try anything, but they are always slave to the luck of the dice. What if you could break that wall and manipulate the dice directly? What if your spells didn’t just affect the game world, but the narrative? With the fateweaver, you stay two steps ahead, always in control, moving your allies like pawns on a chessboard. At epic levels, you can rewrite the story as it unfolds. You can see the future, mend the past and even discover a version of yourself that never was.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#292F34][FONT=verdana] [B]The Psion[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#292F34][FONT=verdana] Ask any old-school gamer, and they will tell you that they either love or hate psionics. It’s always been that other, di erent magic system that is rooted in science ction and cyberpunk as much as fantasy. e version presented in this book tries to stay close to the roots, with the six classic disciplines and a power point system. It’s a complex class that o ers a wide variety of ways to build your character. e exibility also translates into play, with the ability to augment each power as you manifest it.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#292F34][FONT=verdana] [B]The Savage[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#292F34][FONT=verdana] You love RPGs because you can blow off steam and smash things? With the savage, you get angrier and smash harder. You have some additional tricks like rushing head first into battle and shouting at people and shaking off wounds. The core message is: You carry a big sword. You attack, and when you hit, you roll damage. Then you attack again and when you hit, you roll more damage. Then you level up, and you roll more dice and bigger dice. [/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#292F34][FONT=verdana]The Swordmage[/FONT][/COLOR] [/B][COLOR=#292F34][FONT=verdana] Swing a sword with one hand, ing spells with the other. The class in this book is a dedicated defender, combining a high armor class with a sigil power that punishes enemies for ignoring you and attacking your squishier allies. Your spells add fire and lightning to your melee attacks, or block incoming strikes. As a frontline fighter, the swordmage is not quite as tough as the fighter or the paladin, but you’ll have many tricks up your sleeve that more than make up for it. Also, you have a flaming sword.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#292F34][FONT=verdana] [B]The Warlock[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#292F34][FONT=verdana] Warlocks gain their power through a pact with a powerful entity, represented in this game through the icons. Your spells come in three flavors: curses that weaken your enemies, blasts that melt their faces, and hexes that protect you. It’s a tremendous power that never runs out, but it comes with the risk that one day, your pact lord will come to collect the debt. As the old saying goes: the wizard memorizes the textbook, the sorcerer naps in class but still aces the test, and the warlock sleeps with the teacher.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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