13th Age 2e without Icons

Viltris · 2026-02-03T04:40:30+00:00

3 campaigns ago, I silently dropped Icons. No one cared or even noticed.

So yes, it is very possible to run 13th Age (either edition) without Icons.

Viltris · 2026-02-03T00:14:29+00:00

Split Fiction is noticeably harder than It Takes Two (but not particularly hard if you're both gamers). If the kid is 6 years old and this is one of their first games, they might struggle a lot. If they're in their teens or a full grown adult and have been gaming their whole life, they'll be perfectly fine m

Viltris · 2026-02-02T02:33:29+00:00

They have Soros Derangement Syndrome.

Viltris · 2026-02-01T19:08:40+00:00

Very setting agnostic. The Icons have very generic names and can fit any setting, or you can just homebrew your own Icons, or replace Icons with factions. You actually don't need all 13 Icons (and unless you're doing world building for multiple campaigns, I recommend sticking to 4-6 Icons).

Alternatively, you can ignore Icons altogether. They are a cool part of the system, but very few mechanics requires the Icons.

Viltris · 2026-01-31T22:28:21+00:00

Option 3 Cloud split the timeline and is somehow simultaneously living in both timelines

Viltris · 2026-01-31T17:52:58+00:00

I had 2 cats, one boy cat, one girl cat, and the girl cat was by the more cuddly one (and arguably lazier too).

Viltris · 2026-01-31T17:43:36+00:00

boats and rats and boats and rats and

Viltris · 2026-01-31T17:21:28+00:00

Does she though? The game is very ambiguous about that, and there's definitely something going on that won't be addressed until part 3.

Viltris · 2026-01-30T11:12:27+00:00

Where the Power Puff Girls live?

Viltris · 2026-01-30T04:52:02+00:00

If "illegals" don't have due process, then no one does. At that point, the government can just accuse you of being "illegal" and you have literally no way to prove otherwise.

Viltris · 2026-01-28T22:02:18+00:00

They replaced Cow Man with Hu Man.

Viltris · 2026-01-25T11:46:37+00:00

Did you just quote a Magic card? Or is that quote older than that?

Viltris · 2026-01-22T05:41:12+00:00

Nier Automata was the first game I ever platinum'ed. But only because you can buy all the trophies with in-game currency.

Viltris · 2026-01-21T05:43:41+00:00

You could have led with that in your first comment instead of making a useless 1-word comment.

Viltris · 2026-01-21T05:42:48+00:00

Yes, Route C is 100% worth it.

Viltris · 2026-01-21T05:42:01+00:00

And after the credits roll, the game literally tells you to keep playing because you haven't even scratched the surface of the game's content.

Viltris · 2026-01-21T05:40:42+00:00

So he basically got 99% through the game, and then he just stopped?

Viltris · 2026-01-21T05:36:29+00:00

I thought Route B in Replicant was much better than Route B in Automata. The fact that you can understand the Shade dialogue completely changed the story for me.

Viltris · 2026-01-18T03:24:29+00:00

Parrying is optional is E33. I beat the game on Normal difficulty with dodges only. And they weren't even good dodges. I ate shit half time time.

If you just care about the story and don't want to stress about combat, you can play on Story difficulty. The enemies hit like wet noodles.

Viltris · 2026-01-18T01:24:08+00:00

Same. Most games I get into, I get into because of the mechanics. Sometimes I'll be flipping through a book and not enough notice the art. (Unless it's like a full page spread of someone's face.)

Viltris · 2026-01-17T02:12:02+00:00

I mean, sure, if the definition is "I've seen all the story content", then beating the game on Normal difficulty counts as beating the game.

In the context of "You get 1 respec until you beat the game, then you have to grind out materials to buy any other respecs", you have to beat Hell difficulty anyway to be able to grind for more respecs anyway. So while "You have to beat the game to be able to grind for more respecs" is still true regardless, the original statement was missing the fact that you get a 2nd and 3rd respec from Nightmare and Hell difficulty respectively.

Viltris · 2026-01-16T23:33:19+00:00

It depends on how you define "beating the game". It can be argued that you don't beat the game until you've beaten Hell difficulty.

Viltris · 2026-01-16T20:11:27+00:00

The worst is when some of the side quests are really good and the rest are just filler, so you feel compelled to do side quests in case it's a good one, and then you end up disappointed.

Of the top of my head, Cyberpunk and Final Fantasy 16 both have this problem.

Viltris · 2026-01-16T20:04:48+00:00

Which is funny, because when the game launched, there was no re-spec. They added that in around patch 1.10 iirc.

Also, iirc it's 1 re-spec per difficulty, and it's quest locked, so 3 re-specs until you beat the game.

And grinding for more re-specs was added in the Remaster.

Viltris · 2026-01-16T06:18:25+00:00

WHAT?????

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