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Message: <blockquote data-quote="THEMNGMNT" data-source="post: 9267715" data-attributes="member: 6809274">This is the start of my 13th Age campaign! I'm the GM. 5 players. We'll be running Eyes of the Stone Thief, one of the best adventures ever written. Hopefully it plays as well as it reads.We had our Session 0. Two of them, in fact. Character generation from a mechanical standpoint was fairly simple. But it took a long time to develop the backgrounds, icon relationships, and One Unique Thing. I thought the OUTs would be most difficult, but they came easily. It was the backgrounds that were challenging, because they simultaneously had to be backstory plus a broadly applicable skill. Getting that right is an art.Below are the characters. If the players tweak anything, I'll update it here, too. This is a wild group of characters and I'm looking forward to seeing them in action!Class: Swashbuckler (3rd party variant of the Rogue)Race: HumanBackground 1: +3 Raised as the one true Lord of Durhambrock, I can fit in with nobles across the EmpireBackground 2: +3 Imprisoned for resisting the Emperor, I escaped and now stay one step ahead of the lawBackground 3: +3 On the run, I became a sellsword who fought for the common people and asked for nothing in returnOne Unique Thing: I am the only one to escape from New Port Imperial PrisonPositive Icon: Prince of ShadowsNegative Icon: EmperorClass: OccultistRace: HumanBackground 1: +3 I am the child of arrogant wizards–but my powers have already surpassed theirsBackground 2: +3 I spent my childhood crisscrossing the royal courts of the EmpireBackground 3: +3 greatest philosopher of the AgeOne Unique Thing: I can rewrite reality and I am entitled to do so.Positive Icon: PriestessNegative Icon: EmperorClass: BardRace: Wood ElfBackground 1: +3 I’ve hunted every animal in the Queen’s WoodBackground 2: +3 I lived on the streets and busked for years in HorizonBackground 3: +3 I romanced the Archmage’s daughter and wrote a song about itOne Unique Thing: I am the only person whose song is known across all the realms. I love the attention, but pretend not to.Positive Icon: Elf QueenNegative Icon: ArchmageClass: Savage (3rd party variant of the Barbarian)Race: MinotaurBackground 1: +3 biggest minotaur anyone has ever seenBackground 2: +3 committed pacifist who lives in harmony with natureBackground 3 +3 Emperor’s favorite minotaur potterOne Unique Thing: Last surviving minotaur of my clanPositive Icon: PriestessNegative Icon: Overlord (my version of the Orc Lord)Class: Chaos MageRace: Dark ElfBackground 1: +3 I spent decades studying magic under the Lich King, and stole power from him before fleeing for my homelandBackground 2: +3 I spent decades crafting poisons and potions in darkest depths of the Queen’s WoodBackground 3: +3 delver of the depths and sneaker of the shadowsOne Unique Thing: My magical abilities were gained as a result of my lust for power. If I can’t learn to control my magic, it will destroy me–and everything around me.Positive Icon: Elf Queen - Took me in as her agent after I stole from the Lich KingNegative Icon: Lich King - I stole a great deal of magic from him and have been on the run ever sinceFinally, I've made some changes to the world, the icons, and the adventure itself. For example, in my world the gods are dead and the Priestess is a barefoot teenage girl who wanders the Empire making miracles. I'm calling the Stone Thief "The Devourer" and expanding the adventure to cover a full 1st - 10th level campaign.Next session: Strangers at an inn...</blockquote>

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