Your best 13th Age thing

[Waller]

Poll coming. What do you like the most about 13th Age if you were forced at gunpoint to pick only one thing.

 

[keterys]

Hrmph. Somewhere between "Fail Forward", "One Unique Thing", and "Escalation Die".

 

[Balesir]

Yeah, this should definitely have been a 2-3 choice poll!

 

[Ahnehnois]

I'm interested in the "theater of the mind" (or "no miniatures") rules, as those might port well and work with the game I already run (which has little to no miniatures).

 

[Crothian]

Other: Not having any real clue on what it is.

 

[Morrus]

Other: Not having any real clue on what it is.

At this point, that's pretty much a choice! But if it helps, I put together a wiki page covering the basics:

http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=13th Age&redirect=no

 

[Gothikaiju]

I voted "Other"-- for me, it's where the heroic characters of 4E meet class-specific mechanics ala 3E meet streamlined rules and combat meet the character and campaign possibilities of Icons, Backgrounds, and One Unique Thing-- it's hard to choose just one!

 

[Weather Report]

I'm interested in the "theater of the mind" (or "no miniatures") rules,

Me too, the zone thing is very cool, intuitive, a bit like DMs have handled TotM for years (engaged, close, far).

 

[Morrus]

I'm surprised the escalation die got so few votes. Seems OUT and Backgrounds are the leaders.

I do like Backgrounds. It's how I thought D&D Next was developing a year ago.

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

(snip) I do like Backgrounds. It's how I thought D&D Next was developing a year ago.

Oh yeah, so many things in 13th Age would have made so much sense in D&D Next. Frankly, I think WotC should just steal the background mechanics wholesale and call it their simple skill system.